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Karlskrona Municipality

Karlskrona Municipality
Karlskrona kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Karlskrona Municipality
Coat of arms
Karlskrona Municipality in Blekinge County.png
Country Sweden
County Blekinge County
Seat Karlskrona
Area
 • Total 3,338.05 km2 (1,288.83 sq mi)
 • Land 1,042.21 km2 (402.40 sq mi)
 • Water 2,295.84 km2 (886.43 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (December 31, 2016)
 • Total 66,262
 • Density 20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Blekinge
Municipal code 1080
Website www.karlskrona.se

Karlskrona Municipality (Karlskrona kommun) is a municipality in Blekinge County, southern Sweden. It borders to Emmaboda Municipality, Torsås Municipality and Ronneby Municipality. The city of Karlskrona is the seat of the municipality.

Like most Swedish municipalities it was created during the municipal reform in the early seventies, combining several earlier local government units of urban and rural type, among them the City of Karlskrona.

There are 18 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Karlskrona 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.

Parishes ordered by city and hundreds:

The municipality is twinned with

Coordinates: 56°11′N 15°39′E / 56.183°N 15.650°E / 56.183; 15.650


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