Karlskrona Municipality

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

Karlskrona Municipality
Karlskrona kommun
Municipality
Karlskrona Town Hall
Coordinates: 56°11′N 15°39′E
CountrySweden
CountyBlekinge County
SeatKarlskrona
Area
  Total3,338.05 km2 (1,288.83 sq mi)
  Land1,042.21 km2 (402.40 sq mi)
  Water2,295.84 km2 (886.43 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)
  Total66,420
  Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceBlekinge
Municipal code1080
Websitewww.karlskrona.se

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.

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