Västervik Municipality

Municipality in Kalmar County, Sweden

Västervik Municipality Västerviks kommun
Municipality
Västervik Railway Station
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 57°45′N 16°38′E / 57.750°N 16.633°E / 57.750; 16.633
Country	Sweden
County	Kalmar County
Seat	Västervik
Area ^[1]
• 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)^[2]
• 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

Västervik Municipality (Swedish: Västerviks kommun) 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

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.^[3]

In total there were including 36,704 residents, including 29,293 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 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

22,940

Brevik

1,556

1,225

50.5

48.6

26,246

Centrum

1,783

1,663

45.4

53.8

24,957

Djurgården-Törnfall

1,833

1,410

41.2

57.5

28,806

Gamleby 1

1,927

1,500

46.8

51.2

19,342

Gamleby 2-Lofta

1,838

1,436

42.8

54.9

22,614

Gladhammar-Västrum

1,668

1,269

47.8

50.0

21,799

Hallingeberg S

1,343

1,034

52.4

46.3

20,985

Hjorted

1,319

1,030

51.9

46.7

21,744

Jenny-Kvännaren

1,772

1,316

43.9

54.8

27,758

Johannesdal

2,093

1,627

55.0

43.1

23,689

Karstorp

1,705

1,360

56.2

41.3

19,105

Loftahammar

749

661

44.2

54.9

21,613

Ludvigsdal-Hornslandet

1,930

1,512

48.3

50.5

27,169

Marieborg

1,505

1,231

50.4

48.0

23,619

Peru

1,255

1,011

48.7

49.1

23,671

Piperskärr-Gränsö

1,817

1,497

37.4

61.7

30,637

Skogshaga

2,077

1,588

56.7

42.3

23,743

Södermalm

1,482

1,145

56.7

40.8

19,179

Ukna-Västra Ed

1,254

1,040

45.5

52.8

19,602

Västralund-Stenhagen

1,603

1,322

47.5

51.1

26,526

Östermalm

1,487

1,231

54.0

45.1

23,661

Överum

1,425

1,151

47.5

50.3

19,920

Source: SVT^[3]

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:^[4]

References

Statistics Sweden

^ "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.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Västervik i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
^ "404 trasig länk - Västerviks kommun". {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)