Mönsterås Municipality

Coordinates: 57°02′N 16°27′E / 57.033°N 16.450°E / 57.033; 16.450
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Mönsterås Municipality
Mönsterås kommun
Municipality
Municipal code
0861
Websitewww.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

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

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

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

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

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
1 Mönsterås 4,783
2 Blomstermåla 1,599
3 Timmernabben 1,425
4 Ålem 1015
5 Fliseryd 762

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Mönsterås Municipality's electoral districts in the

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.

References

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^
    SVT
    . 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mönsterås_Municipality&oldid=1199586501"