Kalmar Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

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 in Kalmar County

Kalmar County

Kalmar County is a county or län in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kronoberg, Jönköping, Blekinge and Östergötland. To the east in the Baltic Sea is the island Gotland....

, southeastern Sweden

Sweden

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. The city of Kalmar

Kalmar

Kalmar is a city in Småland in the south-east of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 62,767 inhabitants in 2010 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of 233,776 inhabitants .From the thirteenth to the...

 is the municipal seat.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Kalmar was amalgamated

Amalgamation (politics)

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 with five surrounding rural municipalities. The municipality consists of fifteen original local government units.

Localities

There are 15 urban area

Urban areas in Sweden

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s (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, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Kalmar Kalmar Kalmar is a city in Småland in the south-east of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 62,767 inhabitants in 2010 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of 233,776 inhabitants .From the thirteenth to the...	35,170
2	Lindsdal Lindsdal Lindsdal is a locality situated in Kalmar Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 5,520 inhabitants in 2005....	5,520
3	Smedby Smedby Smedby is a locality situated in Kalmar Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 3,530 inhabitants in 2005....	3,530
4	Rinkabyholm Rinkabyholm Rinkabyholm is a locality situated in Kalmar Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 1,555 inhabitants in 2005....	1,555
5	Ljungbyholm Ljungbyholm Ljungbyholm is a locality situated in Kalmar Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 1,461 inhabitants in 2005....	1,461
6	Trekanten	1,268
7	Rockneby Rockneby Rockneby is a locality situated in Kalmar Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 880 inhabitants in 2005....	880
8	Läckeby Läckeby Läckeby is a locality situated in Kalmar Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 862 inhabitants in 2005....	862
9	Påryd Påryd Påryd is a locality situated in Kalmar Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 657 inhabitants in 2005. It is home to the "Pårydsskolan" Elementary School....	657
10	Hagby Hagby Hagby is a locality situated in Kalmar Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 651 inhabitants in 2005....	651
11	Vassmolösa Vassmolösa Vassmolösa is a locality situated in Kalmar Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 544 inhabitants in 2005....	544
12	Tvärskog Tvärskog Tvärskog is a locality situated in Kalmar Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 409 inhabitants in 2005....	409
13	Dunö Dunö Dunö is a locality situated in Kalmar Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 384 inhabitants in 2005....	384
14	Halltorp Halltorp, Kalmar Halltorp is a locality situated in Kalmar Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 292 inhabitants in 2005....	292
15	Boholmarna Boholmarna Boholmarna is a locality situated in Kalmar Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 272 inhabitants in 2005....	272

Twin towns — Sister cities

Kalmar is twinned

Town twinning

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 with: Gdańsk

Gdansk

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, Poland

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 (since 1991) Kaliningrad

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, Russia

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 Wilmington

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, Delaware

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, United States

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 Savonlinna

Savonlinna

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, Finland

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 Samsun

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, Turkey

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External links

• Kalmar Municipality - Official site
• University of Kalmar