Karlskrona Municipality Karlskrona kommun |
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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