Ronneby Municipality

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'''Ronneby Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Ronneby kommun}}) is a municipality in Blekinge County in South Sweden in southern Sweden. It borders to Tingsryd Municipality, Emmaboda Municipality, Karlskrona Municipality and Karlshamn Municipality. The town of Ronneby is the seat of the municipality.

The present municipality was created in 1967 through the amalgamation of the ''City of Ronneby'' with three surrounding units.

== Localities == There are 8 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Ronneby Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2010. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

{| class="wikitable" ! # !! Locality !! Population |- | 1 || '''Ronneby''' || 12,029 |- | 2 || Kallinge || 4,561 |- | 3 || Bräkne-Hoby || 1,689 |- | 4 || Johannishus || 748 |- | 5 || Listerby || 883 |- | 6 || Backaryd || 365 |- | 7 || Eringsboda || 299 |- | 8 || Hallabro || 254 |}

==Demographics== This is a demographic table based on Ronneby Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.<ref name=RonnebyVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1081-ronneby.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Ronneby i riksdagsvalet|publisher=SVT|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 29,148 residents, including 21,933 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=RonnebyVal2022/> 42.4 % voted for the left coalition and 56.0 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ! rowspan="3" |Location ! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}} ! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}} ! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}} ! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} SEK}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}} |- ! ! ! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" | ! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" | ! ! ! ! ! |- ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | % ! data-sort-type="number" | % ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | |- | align="left" |Backaryd-Öljehult | 1,523 | 1,167 | 35.8 | 62.9 | 75 | 87 | 13 | 20,790 | 28 |- | align="left" |Blekan | 1,584 | 1,233 | 44.0 | 54.8 | 69 | 73 | 27 | 20,377 | 36 |- | align="left" |Bräkne-Hoby | 1,438 | 1,140 | 39.4 | 59.7 | 84 | 94 | 6 | 27,397 | 38 |- | align="left" |Bräkne-Hoby C | 1,719 | 1,336 | 47.9 | 50.6 | 78 | 89 | 11 | 21,139 | 28 |- | align="left" |Centrum | 1,715 | 1,321 | 45.8 | 52.6 | 71 | 70 | 30 | 20,680 | 34 |- | align="left" |Espedalen | 1,871 | 1,128 | 60.6 | 36.1 | 55 | 39 | 61 | 16,142 | 30 |- | align="left" |Fredriksberg | 1,636 | 1,200 | 42.1 | 56.8 | 76 | 83 | 17 | 25,503 | 52 |- | align="left" |Förkärla-Listerby N | 1,437 | 1,138 | 39.4 | 60.1 | 87 | 94 | 6 | 28,624 | 46 |- | align="left" |Hasselstad-Eringsboda | 1,349 | 1,072 | 30.9 | 68.3 | 79 | 91 | 9 | 22,070 | 28 |- | align="left" |Hjortsberga-Edestad | 1,623 | 1,284 | 37.4 | 61.8 | 87 | 95 | 5 | 25,967 | 34 |- | align="left" |Hulta | 1,593 | 1,211 | 44.1 | 54.6 | 89 | 90 | 10 | 28,619 | 48 |- | align="left" |Häggatorp | 1,576 | 1,151 | 38.8 | 60.0 | 73 | 78 | 22 | 21,603 | 22 |- | align="left" |Kalleberga | 1,623 | 1,219 | 39.4 | 58.9 | 83 | 80 | 20 | 23,580 | 24 |- | align="left" |Kallinge | 1,753 | 1,250 | 43.5 | 52.9 | 67 | 70 | 30 | 19,995 | 24 |- | align="left" |Listerby S | 922 | 773 | 34.9 | 63.9 | 82 | 93 | 7 | 27,640 | 46 |- | align="left" |Lugnet | 1,707 | 1,325 | 41.5 | 57.4 | 80 | 80 | 20 | 25,192 | 38 |- | align="left" |Persborg | 1,407 | 1,248 | 39.7 | 59.2 | 82 | 86 | 14 | 26,801 | 43 |- | align="left" |Varan | 1,003 | 810 | 43.2 | 55.9 | 86 | 94 | 6 | 28,165 | 53 |- | align="left" |Älgbacken | 1,669 | 927 | 59.1 | 35.1 | 56 | 37 | 63 | 15,655 | 26 |- | colspan="10" align="left" |Source: SVT<ref name=RonnebyVal2022/> |}

== Parishes == Parishes ordered by hundreds:

# Bräkne Hundred #* Bräkne-Hoby Parish #* Öljehult Parish # Medelstad Hundred #* Backaryd Parish #* Edestad Parish #* Eringsboda Parish #* Förkärla Parish #* Hjortsberga Parish #* Listerby Parish #* Ronneby Parish

==International relations== {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden}}

{{div col|colwidth=22em}} * {{flagicon|DEN}} Bornholm, Denmark * {{flagicon|FIN}} Mänttä, Finland * {{flagicon|GER}} Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Germany * {{flagicon|GER}} Schopfheim, Germany * {{flagicon|NOR}} Høyanger, Norway * {{flagicon|POL}} Elbląg, Poland * {{flagicon|RUS}} Slavsk, Russia * {{flagicon|USA}} Enfield, Connecticut, United States * {{flagicon|USA}} Johnson City, Tennessee, United States {{div col end}}

==See also== * Trolleboda, a village located here

==References== <references />

==External links== {{Commons category-inline}}

{{Geographic location | Centre = Ronneby | N = Tingsryd (Kronoberg) | NE = Emmaboda (Kalmar) | E = Karlskrona | S = ''Baltic Sea'' | W = Karlshamn }} {{Blekinge County}} {{Localities in Ronneby Municipality}} {{authority control}}

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