Coordinates: 56°40′N 16°22′E / 56.667°N 16.367°E / 56.667; 16.367

Kalmar Municipality

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Kalmar Municipality
Kalmar kommun
Kalmar City Hall
Kalmar City Hall
Coat of arms of Kalmar Municipality
File:Kalmar Municipality in Kalmar County.png
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CountrySweden
CountyKalmar County
SeatKalmar
Area
 • Total
1,250.96 km2 (483.00 sq mi)
 • Land956.9 km2 (369.5 sq mi)
 • Water294.06 km2 (113.54 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (30 June 2025)[2]
 • Total
72,657
 • Density75.93/km2 (196.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceSmåland
Municipal code0880
Websitewww.kalmar.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Kalmar Municipality (Swedish: Kalmar kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, southeastern Sweden. The city of Kalmar is the municipal seat.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Kalmar was amalgamated with five surrounding rural municipalities. The municipality consists of fifteen original local government units.

Localities

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There are 16 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Kalmar Municipality.

File:Kalmar castle 191027.jpg
Kalmar castle

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2019. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Locality Population
1 Kalmar 41,110
2 Lindsdal 5,958
3 Smedby 3,658
4 Ljungbyholm 1,809
5 Rinkabyholm 1,659
6 Trekanten 1,608
7 Rockneby 960
8 Läckeby 943
9 Hagby 831
10 Påryd 685
11 Drag 550
12 Vassmolösa 534
13 Dunö 430
14 Tvärskog 394
15 Åmunnen (sv) 343
16 Halltorp 286

Demographics

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This is a demographic table based on Kalmar 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 54,430 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[3] 48.4 % voted for the left coalition and 50.5 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

International relations

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Twin towns — sister cities

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Kalmar is twinned with:

References

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