Västervik Municipality () is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the city of Västervik.
The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former City of Västervik was amalgamated with eight surrounding rural municipalities.
Localities
There are 11 urban areas (also called localities, Swedish: tätorter) in Västervik 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.
# Locality Population 1 Västervik 20,694 2 Gamleby 2,805 3 Ankarsrum 1,337 4 Överum 1,270 5 Gunnebo 989 6 Piperskärr 462 7 Loftahammar 432 8 Hjorted 338 9 Edsbruk 311 10 Totebo 256 11 Almvik 202
Demographics This is a demographic table based on Västervik Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.
In total there were including 36,704 residents, including 29,293 Swedish citizens of voting age. 48.2 % voted for the left coalition and 50.3 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
Location % % Blackstad-Odensvi 1,283 1,034 42.6 56.2 85 94 6 22,940 29Brevik 1,556 1,225 50.5 48.6 83 89 11 26,246 44Centrum 1,783 1,663 45.4 53.8 82 88 12 24,957 44Djurgården-Törnfall 1,833 1,410 41.2 57.5 85 91 9 28,806 50Gamleby 1 1,927 1,500 46.8 51.2 74 83 17 19,342 26Gamleby 2-Lofta 1,838 1,436 42.8 54.9 79 88 12 22,614 29Gladhammar-Västrum 1,668 1,269 47.8 50.0 76 81 19 21,799 30Hallingeberg S 1,343 1,034 52.4 46.3 76 83 17 20,985 25Hjorted 1,319 1,030 51.9 46.7 80 88 12 21,744 29Jenny-Kvännaren 1,772 1,316 43.9 54.8 89 91 9 27,758 40Johannesdal 2,093 1,627 55.0 43.1 78 78 22 23,689 33Karstorp 1,705 1,360 56.2 41.3 70 72 28 19,105 25Loftahammar 749 661 44.2 54.9 80 92 8 21,613 33Ludvigsdal-Hornslandet 1,930 1,512 48.3 50.5 87 90 10 27,169 40Marieborg 1,505 1,231 50.4 48.0 81 87 13 23,619 42Peru 1,255 1,011 48.7 49.1 80 84 16 23,671 35Piperskärr-Gränsö 1,817 1,497 37.4 61.7 84 92 8 30,637 51Skogshaga 2,077 1,588 56.7 42.3 78 82 18 23,743 33Södermalm 1,482 1,145 56.7 40.8 69 69 31 19,179 31Ukna-Västra Ed 1,254 1,040 45.5 52.8 77 92 8 19,602 31Västralund-Stenhagen 1,603 1,322 47.5 51.1 85 93 7 26,526 42Östermalm 1,487 1,231 54.0 45.1 80 85 15 23,661 37Överum 1,425 1,151 47.5 50.3 74 86 14 19,920 19Source: SVT
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities The municipality is twinned with: Tønder Municipality, Denmark Närpes, Finland Akranes, Iceland Ventspils, Latvia Bamble, Norway
References Statistics Sweden
External links
Västervik Municipality - Official site Västervik Tourism Official site - In Swedish, English and German Article Västervik in Nordisk Familjebok Coat of arms