Mönsterås Municipality
Mönsterås Municipality
Mönsterås kommun | |
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Coat of arms of Mönsterås Municipality Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 57°02′N 16°27′E / 57.033°N 16.450°E / 57.033; 16.450 | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Kalmar County |
| Seat | Mönsterås |
| Area | |
• Total | 941.04 km2 (363.34 sq mi) |
| • Land | 599.46 km2 (231.45 sq mi) |
| • Water | 341.58 km2 (131.88 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 13,134 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (36/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Småland |
| Municipal code | 0861 |
| Website | www.monsteras.se |
Mönsterås Municipality (Mönsterås kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat located in the town Mönsterås.
Mönsterås was an original market town köping , which in 1952 was united with the rural municipality by the same name. By the local government reform of 1971 it became a municipality of unitary type and amalgamated with Fliseryd and Ålem in 1974.
The municipal arms show the ridge which the town centre with its church has been situated on since the medieval age. The cross symbolizes the Knights Hospitallers, a monastic order that was built in the town in the fifteenth century and had a large influence on its development. It is an etymological design showing the origin of the name of the municipality: Mönster comes from monastery while ås means ridge.
Geography
[edit ]The coastal line is signified by an archipelago with some 300 islands and islets, whereof two are nature reserves. On the island farthest from land, the lighthouse of Dämman was built in 1873; an automatic lighthouse has replaced its function, but the house itself is visited by tourists and conferences.
The geography of the rest is by some parts covered with forests, as the Småland province generally is. There is also some agricultural areas closer to the sea. There are two rivers flowing through the municipality towards to sea: Emån and Alsterån, that designate the wildlife and geography.
Localities
[edit ]There are 5 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Mönsterås Municipality.
In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2007. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| # | Locality | Population |
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| 1 | Mönsterås | 4,783 |
| 2 | Blomstermåla | 1,599 |
| 3 | Timmernabben | 1,425 |
| 4 | Ålem | 1015 |
| 5 | Fliseryd | 762 |
Demographics
[edit ]This is a demographic table based on Mönsterås Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]
In total there were 13,242 residents, including 10,143 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 43.6% voted for the left coalition and 55.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Blomstermåla | 1,930 | 1,379 | 42.6 | 56.4 | 76 | 81 | 19 | 22,956 | 23 |
| Fliseryd | 1,443 | 996 | 34.5 | 64.4 | 81 | 83 | 17 | 24,737 | 22 |
| Mönsterås C-N | 1,200 | 836 | 49.2 | 49.4 | 66 | 63 | 37 | 19,733 | 27 |
| Mönsterås C-S | 1,472 | 1,197 | 54.4 | 44.0 | 70 | 76 | 24 | 19,921 | 27 |
| Mönsterås Ljungnäs | 1,314 | 1,086 | 42.8 | 56.4 | 86 | 92 | 8 | 27,951 | 37 |
| Mönsterås N | 1,428 | 1,131 | 39.3 | 59.9 | 84 | 93 | 7 | 27,609 | 34 |
| Mönsterås S | 1,271 | 972 | 49.7 | 48.4 | 81 | 78 | 22 | 23,957 | 31 |
| Timmernabben | 1,476 | 1,175 | 42.7 | 56.8 | 87 | 92 | 8 | 27,009 | 38 |
| Ålem | 1,708 | 1,371 | 39.8 | 58.6 | 82 | 90 | 10 | 24,053 | 33 |
| Source: SVT [3] | |||||||||
References
[edit ]- ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014年01月01日. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016年09月27日. Retrieved 2014年04月18日.
- ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Mönsterås i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
External links
[edit ]- Media related to Mönsterås Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
- Mönsterås Municipality - Official site
