Karlskrona Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Karlskrona kommun


county=Blekinge County
province=Blekinge
capital=Karlskrona


arearank=109th
area=1,075.67
arealand=1,046.89
populationrank=30th
population=61,844
densityrank=84th
populationdensity=59.1
website=http://www.karlskrona.se/
footnotes=Area and population as of December 31, 2006

Karlskrona Municipality ("Karlskrona kommun") is a municipality in Blekinge County, southern Sweden. It borders to Emmaboda Municipality, Torsås Municipality and Ronneby Municipality. The city of Karlskrona is the seat of the municipality.

Like most Swedish municipalities it was created during the municipal reform in the early seventies, combining several earlier local government units of urban and rural type, among them the "City of Karlskrona".

Localities

There are 18 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Karlskrona Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

Parishes

Parishes ordered by city and hundreds:

#Karlskrona
#*Karlskrona City Parish
#*Royal Karlskrona Admiralty Parish
#Eastern Hundred
#*Augerum Parish
#*Flymen Parish
#*Jämjö Parish
#*Kristianopel Parish
#*Lösen Parish
#*Ramdala Parish
#*Rödeby Parish
#*Sturkö Parish
#*Torhamn Parish
#*Virserum Parish
#Medelstad Hundred
#*Aspö Parish
#*Fridlevstad Parish
#*Hasslö Parish
#*Nättraby Parish
#*Sillhövda Parish
#*Tving Parish
#*Hästö

See also

*Swedish Coast Guard
*Blekinge Institute of Technology
*Swedish National Maritime Museums

References

* [http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]

External links

* [http://www.karlskrona.se/ Karlskrona Municipality] - Official site
* [http://www.mittkarlskrona.se/ Mitt Karlskrona] - Swedish Karlskrona city guide
* [http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwe/k/karlskro.htm Coat of arms]