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Osby Municipality

Coordinates: 56°22′N 13°59′E / 56.367°N 13.983°E / 56.367; 13.983
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Osby Municipality
Osby kommun
Coat of arms of Osby Municipality
Coordinates: 56°22′N 13°59′E / 56.367°N 13.983°E / 56.367; 13.983
CountrySweden
CountyScania County
SeatOsby
Area
 • Total599.84 km2 (231.60 sq mi)
 • Land576.24 km2 (222.49 sq mi)
 • Water23.6 km2 (9.1 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total13,106
 • Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceScania
Municipal code1273
Websitewww.osby.se

Osby Municipality (Osby kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Osby.

The amalgamation during the 1970s' local government reform took place in the area on 1 January 1974, when the former market town Osby (itself instituted as such in 1937) was merged with three adjacent rural municipalities.

Localities

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There are 3 localities (or built-up areas) in Osby Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Locality Population
1 Osby 6,947
2 Lönsboda 1,899
3 Killeberg 575

Demographics

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This is a demographic table based on Osby 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 13,238 residents, including 9,888 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 37.9% voted for the left coalition and 61.1% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Elections

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Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD
2014[4] 85.5 8,244 3.4 35.2 4.3 5.9 2.7 4.9 16.1 25.4
2018[5] 87.0 8,385 3.9 28.2 2.2 7.3 2.4 7.3 16.1 31.2

International relations

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The municipality is twinned with:[6]

References

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  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. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Osby i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Osby kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Osby kommun 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. ^ "vänorter - Osby Kommun". www.osby.se. Archived from the original on 2009-04-17.
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