Country Sweden Seat Borgholm ISO 3166 code SE Province Öland | County Kalmar County Time zone CET (UTC+1) Municipal code 0885 | |
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Points of interest Borgholm Castle, Solliden Palace, Långe Erik, Himmelsberga Museum, Trollskogen | ||
Borgholm Municipality (Borgholms kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, constituting the northern half of the island of Öland in the Baltic Sea. The municipal seat is located in the city of Borgholm.
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Map of Borgholm, Sweden
Notable historic sites in this municipality are Borgholm Castle and Halltorps Estate.
The local government reform in the 1970s saw the creation of two municipalities on the island of Öland. Borgholm Municipality is the northern of the two and consists of sixteen original (pre-1952) entities. The southern half of the island is made up of Mörbylånga Municipality.
Localities
There are 5 urban areas (also called Tätort or localities) in Borgholm 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.
Sister cities
Borgholm has four sister cities (a.k.a. twin towns):
Politics
Result of the 2010 election
Moderate Party 31.73%
Centre party 16.84%
Liberal People's Party 4.96%
Christian Democrats 7.32%
Swedish Social Democratic Party 23.28%
Left Party 3.56%
Green Party 6.17%
Sweden Democrats 5.18%
Other Parties 0.97%