Västervik Municipality (Swedish: ''Västerviks kommun'') is a
municipality
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in
Kalmar County
Kalmar County () is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kronoberg, Jönköping, Blekinge and Östergötland. To the east in the Baltic Sea is the island Gotland.
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, south-eastern
Sweden, with its seat in the
city
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of
Västervik
Västervik is a city and the seat of Västervik Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden, with 36,747 inhabitants in 2021. Västervik is one of three coastal towns with a notable population size in the province of Småland.
Climate
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.
The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former ''City of Västervik'' was
amalgamated
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with eight surrounding rural municipalities.
Localities
There are 11
urban area
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s (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.
Government and politics
Distribution of the 57 seats in the municipal council after the 2010 election:
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Moderate Party
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21
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Social Democratic Party
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Active parties
Fo ...
21
*
Centre Party 4
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Green Party
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2
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Liberal People's Party 2
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Left Party 2
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Sweden Democrats 2
*Socialisterna 1
*Kommunpartiet VDM 1
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Christian Democrats
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1
Results of the
2010 Swedish general election
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in Västervik:
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Social Democratic Party
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Active parties
Fo ...
39.9%
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Moderate Party
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25.8%
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Centre Party 7.3%
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Liberal People's Party 5.5%
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Green Party
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Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...
5.4%
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Sweden Democrats 5.2%
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Left Party 5.1%
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Christian Democrats
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4.7%
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
The municipality is
twinned with:
References
Statistics Sweden
External links
Västervik Municipality- Official site
Västervik Tourism Official site- In Swedish, English and German
in
Nordisk FamiljebokCoat of arms
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Municipalities of Kalmar County
Småland