Ronneby Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

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 in Blekinge County

Blekinge County

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 in southern Sweden

Sweden

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. It borders to Tingsryd Municipality

Tingsryd Municipality

Tingsryd Municipality is a municipality in Småland, southern Sweden, in southeastern Kronoberg County, where the town Tingsryd is seat....

, Emmaboda Municipality

Emmaboda Municipality

Emmaboda Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, in south-eastern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Emmaboda....

, Karlskrona Municipality

Karlskrona Municipality

Karlskrona Municipality is a municipality in Blekinge County, southern Sweden. It borders to Emmaboda Municipality, Torsås Municipality and Ronneby Municipality...

 and Karlshamn Municipality

Karlshamn Municipality

Karlshamn Municipality is a municipality in Blekinge County in southern Sweden. It borders to Olofström Municipality, Sölvesborg Municipality, Ronneby Municipality and Tingsryd Municipality...

. The town Ronneby

Ronneby

Ronneby is a locality and the seat of Ronneby Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 11,767 inhabitants in 2005.Ronneby is regarded as the heart of "the Garden of Sweden", and in 2005 the park "Brunnsparken" in Ronneby was voted Sweden's most beautiful park. 2006 the park was voted Europe's...

 is the seat of the municipality.

The present municipality was created in 1967 through the amalgamation

Amalgamation (politics)

A merger or amalgamation in a political or administrative sense is the combination of two or more political or administrative entities such as municipalities , counties, districts, etc. into a single entity. This term is used when the process occurs within a sovereign entity...

 of the City of Ronneby with three surrounding units.

Localities

There are 9 urban areas

Urban areas in Sweden

Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...

 (also called a Tätort or locality) in Ronneby 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	Ronneby Ronneby Ronneby is a locality and the seat of Ronneby Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 11,767 inhabitants in 2005.Ronneby is regarded as the heart of "the Garden of Sweden", and in 2005 the park "Brunnsparken" in Ronneby was voted Sweden's most beautiful park. 2006 the park was voted Europe's...	11,767
2	Kallinge Kallinge Kallinge is a locality situated in Ronneby Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 4,767 inhabitants in 2005. It is an industrial and garrison town and is situated about 5 km north of Ronneby....	4,767
3	Bräkne-Hoby Bräkne-Hoby Bräkne-Hoby is a locality situated in Ronneby Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 1,769 inhabitants in 2005.It and it does have a högstadium . Bräkne-Hoby Parish is a parish in the Church of Sweden. Historically the inhabitants of the parish belonged to Bräkne Hundred in Blekinge...	1,769
4	Johannishus Johannishus Johannishus is a locality situated in Ronneby Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 773 inhabitants in 2005. Johannishus castle is situated some kilometers north of locality. There exist a school for 150 pupils and a library....	773
5	Listerby	672
6	Ronnebyhamn Ronnebyhamn Ronnebyhamn is a locality situated in Ronneby Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 464 inhabitants in 2005....	464
7	Backaryd Backaryd Backaryd is a locality situated in Ronneby Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 399 inhabitants in 2005....	399
8	Eringsboda Eringsboda Eringsboda is a locality situated in Ronneby Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 340 inhabitants in 2005....	340
9	Hallabro Hallabro Hallabro is a locality situated in Ronneby Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 252 inhabitants in 2005....	252

Politics

The Ronneby Party

Ronneby Party

The Ronneby Party is a local political party in Ronneby Municipality, Sweden. It was founded in 1994 by Sune Håkansson, Göran Tidman and Per Thano. In 1994 it won four seats in the municipal council. In 1998 the part had got 6.3% of the votes and three seats in the municipal council. In 2002 the...

 is a party with local interests formed before the national election of 1994. In 1998 the party had got 6.3% of the votes and three seats in the municipal council. In 2002 the vote share was reduced to 3.0%.

Parishes

Parishes ordered by hundreds:

1. Bräkne Hundred
   • Bräkne-Hoby Parish
   • Öljehult Parish
2. Medelstad Hundred
   • Backaryd Parish
   • Edestad Parish
   • Eringsboda Parish
   • Förkärla Parish
   • Hjortsberga Parish
   • Listerby Parish
   • Ronneby Parish

External links

• Ronneby Municipality - Official site