Västervik Municipality

Västervik Municipality (Swedish: Västerviks kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the city of Västervik.

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Municipality
Västervik Railway Station
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 57°45′N 16°38′E
Country	Sweden
County	Kalmar County
Seat	Västervik
Area
• Total	3,596.85 km2 (1,388.75 sq mi)
• Land	1,874.43 km2 (723.72 sq mi)
• Water	1,722.42 km2 (665.03 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	36,434
• Density	10/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Småland
Municipal code	0883
Website	www.vastervik.se

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former City of Västervik was amalgamated with eight surrounding rural municipalities.

Localities

The municipalities of Västervik and (partially) Valdemarsvik belong to the Tjust region with an extensive coastal archipelago.

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 Residents Citizen
adults Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents Foreign
heritage Income
SEK Degree % % Blackstad-Odensvi 1,283 1,034 42.6 56.2 85 94 6 22,940 29 Brevik 1,556 1,225 50.5 48.6 83 89 11 26,246 44 Centrum 1,783 1,663 45.4 53.8 82 88 12 24,957 44 Djurgården-Törnfall 1,833 1,410 41.2 57.5 85 91 9 28,806 50 Gamleby 1 1,927 1,500 46.8 51.2 74 83 17 19,342 26 Gamleby 2-Lofta 1,838 1,436 42.8 54.9 79 88 12 22,614 29 Gladhammar-Västrum 1,668 1,269 47.8 50.0 76 81 19 21,799 30 Hallingeberg S 1,343 1,034 52.4 46.3 76 83 17 20,985 25 Hjorted 1,319 1,030 51.9 46.7 80 88 12 21,744 29 Jenny-Kvännaren 1,772 1,316 43.9 54.8 89 91 9 27,758 40 Johannesdal 2,093 1,627 55.0 43.1 78 78 22 23,689 33 Karstorp 1,705 1,360 56.2 41.3 70 72 28 19,105 25 Loftahammar 749 661 44.2 54.9 80 92 8 21,613 33 Ludvigsdal-Hornslandet 1,930 1,512 48.3 50.5 87 90 10 27,169 40 Marieborg 1,505 1,231 50.4 48.0 81 87 13 23,619 42 Peru 1,255 1,011 48.7 49.1 80 84 16 23,671 35 Piperskärr-Gränsö 1,817 1,497 37.4 61.7 84 92 8 30,637 51 Skogshaga 2,077 1,588 56.7 42.3 78 82 18 23,743 33 Södermalm 1,482 1,145 56.7 40.8 69 69 31 19,179 31 Ukna-Västra Ed 1,254 1,040 45.5 52.8 77 92 8 19,602 31 Västralund-Stenhagen 1,603 1,322 47.5 51.1 85 93 7 26,526 42 Östermalm 1,487 1,231 54.0 45.1 80 85 15 23,661 37 Överum 1,425 1,151 47.5 50.3 74 86 14 19,920 19 Source: SVT

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

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
• (in Swedish) Article Västervik in Nordisk Familjebok
• Coat of arms