# Kalmar Municipality

Kalmar Municipality (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

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

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.
In total there were 54,430 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 48.4 % voted for the left coalition and 50.5 % 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 |
| Location | | | % | % | | | | | |
| Berga | 2,120 | 1,611 | 47.8 | 51.7 | 88 | 91 | 9 | 32,411 | 64 |
| Berga C | 2,098 | 1,644 | 52.9 | 45.6 | 74 | 68 | 32 | 20,807 | 33 |
| Bergavik | 1,629 | 1,216 | 46.7 | 52.2 | 87 | 84 | 16 | 30,744 | 58 |
| Björkenäs | 1,289 | 1,035 | 49.0 | 50.6 | 82 | 86 | 14 | 27,948 | 63 |
| Djurängen V | 1,543 | 1,260 | 55.6 | 42.8 | 70 | 71 | 29 | 21,565 | 43 |
| Djurängen Ö | 1,933 | 1,794 | 49.1 | 49.6 | 77 | 78 | 22 | 22,566 | 46 |
| Drag-Revsudden | 1,429 | 1,079 | 41.6 | 57.8 | 87 | 92 | 8 | 29,606 | 52 |
| Falkenberg | 1,843 | 1,500 | 57.9 | 40.8 | 71 | 76 | 24 | 21,466 | 52 |
| Funkabo | 1,804 | 1,301 | 58.4 | 40.2 | 70 | 64 | 36 | 20,046 | 39 |
| Gamla stan | 1,796 | 1,546 | 47.7 | 51.4 | 81 | 90 | 10 | 27,873 | 57 |
| Getinge-Tallhagen | 1,246 | 960 | 49.8 | 49.5 | 75 | 87 | 13 | 28,844 | 67 |
| Hagby Vassmolösa S | 1,941 | 1,521 | 47.6 | 51.2 | 87 | 91 | 9 | 25,734 | 41 |
| Halltorp-Voxtorp | 1,022 | 794 | 39.8 | 59.2 | 83 | 91 | 9 | 24,952 | 40 |
| Kalmarsundsparken | 1,467 | 1,230 | 47.0 | 52.5 | 88 | 92 | 8 | 32,806 | 67 |
| Kvarnholmen | 1,991 | 1,805 | 47.2 | 51.7 | 82 | 87 | 13 | 27,507 | 52 |
| Lindsdal NO | 1,523 | 1,106 | 51.3 | 47.5 | 84 | 87 | 13 | 25,649 | 42 |
| Lindsdal NV-Förlösa | 1,648 | 1,271 | 40.4 | 58.7 | 88 | 91 | 9 | 29,298 | 47 |
| Lindsdal SO-Fjölebro | 1,964 | 1,322 | 47.1 | 52.2 | 91 | 87 | 13 | 29,275 | 54 |
| Lindsdal SV-Kläckeberga | 1,537 | 1,109 | 48.2 | 50.4 | 83 | 80 | 20 | 26,515 | 45 |
| Ljungbyholm-Vassmolösa | 2,503 | 1,836 | 43.5 | 55.5 | 87 | 90 | 10 | 28,125 | 47 |
| Läckeby | 1,771 | 1,300 | 42.7 | 56.8 | 87 | 93 | 7 | 28,176 | 41 |
| Malmen S | 1,201 | 956 | 48.7 | 50.4 | 71 | 80 | 20 | 23,397 | 55 |
| Malmen V | 1,882 | 1,552 | 53.2 | 45.8 | 72 | 82 | 18 | 24,281 | 53 |
| Malmen-Norrgårdsgärdet | 1,843 | 1,768 | 49.6 | 49.0 | 80 | 88 | 12 | 25,870 | 52 |
| Norrgårdsgärdet V | 1,134 | 1,002 | 47.0 | 51.6 | 81 | 84 | 16 | 24,955 | 46 |
| Norrliden V | 2,020 | 1,227 | 66.1 | 31.1 | 65 | 38 | 62 | 18,201 | 29 |
| Norrliden Ö | 2,030 | 1,195 | 67.8 | 29.3 | 59 | 38 | 62 | 16,211 | 29 |
| Oxhagen | 1,851 | 1,329 | 60.7 | 37.8 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 19,015 | 34 |
| Påryd | 922 | 732 | 44.3 | 54.3 | 76 | 84 | 16 | 20,757 | 25 |
| Rinkabyholm S-Hossmo | 2,179 | 1,486 | 41.7 | 57.1 | 90 | 95 | 5 | 32,119 | 61 |
| Rockneby | 1,453 | 1,115 | 40.7 | 57.8 | 85 | 93 | 7 | 26,592 | 34 |
| Sandås-Stensberg | 2,008 | 1,606 | 46.6 | 52.0 | 81 | 86 | 14 | 25,794 | 53 |
| Skälby | 1,269 | 1,009 | 53.8 | 44.7 | 64 | 79 | 21 | 16,704 | 51 |
| Smedby S-Rinkabyholm N | 1,807 | 1,280 | 43.8 | 55.9 | 88 | 90 | 10 | 30,348 | 54 |
| Smedby V | 1,540 | 1,076 | 56.6 | 41.5 | 69 | 60 | 40 | 21,191 | 33 |
| Smedby Ö | 1,729 | 1,194 | 50.9 | 47.3 | 82 | 79 | 21 | 26,328 | 39 |
| Snurrom | 1,219 | 781 | 43.5 | 55.1 | 77 | 72 | 28 | 22,536 | 35 |
| Tegelviken-Johannesborg | 1,678 | 1,317 | 50.6 | 48.5 | 83 | 89 | 11 | 29,154 | 56 |
| Trekanten | 2,310 | 1,649 | 38.0 | 60.6 | 87 | 90 | 10 | 27,836 | 40 |
| Tvärskog | 1,168 | 855 | 46.2 | 52.9 | 85 | 91 | 9 | 26,174 | 34 |
| Vimpeltorpet | 2,468 | 1,712 | 45.2 | 54.3 | 86 | 78 | 22 | 30,102 | 55 |
| Ängö-Varvsholmen | 1,437 | 1,349 | 36.4 | 62.7 | 85 | 92 | 8 | 30,709 | 56 |
| Source: SVT ||||||||||

## International relations
### Twin towns — sister cities

Kalmar is twinned with:
* Gdańsk, Poland (since 1991)
* Kaliningrad, Russia
* Wilmington, Delaware, United States
* Savonlinna, Finland
* Samsun, Turkey
* Panevėžys, Lithuania