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Country
  
Sweden

Seat
  
Västervik

ISO 3166 code
  
SE

Municipal code
  
0883

Team
  
Västerviks IK

County
  
Kalmar County

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Website
  
www.vastervik.se

Province
  
Småland

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Västervik Municipality (Swedish: Västerviks kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the city of Västervik.

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Map of V%C3%A4stervik, Sweden

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former City of Västervik was amalgamated with eight surrounding rural municipalities.

Localities

There are 11 urban areas (also called localities, Swedish: tätorter) in Västervik 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.

Government and politics

Distribution of the 57 seats in the municipal council after the 2010 election:

  • Moderate Party 21
  • Social Democratic Party 21
  • Centre Party 4
  • Green Party 2
  • Liberal People's Party 2
  • Left Party 2
  • Sweden Democrats 2
  • Socialisterna 1
  • Kommunpartiet VDM 1
  • Christian Democrats 1

    • Results of the Swedish general election, 2010 in Västervik:

  • Social Democratic Party 39.9%
  • Moderate Party 25.8%
  • Centre Party 7.3%
  • Liberal People's Party 5.5%
  • Green Party 5.4%
  • Sweden Democrats 5.2%
  • Left Party 5.1%
  • Christian Democrats 4.7%

    • Twin towns — Sister cities

    The municipality is twinned with:

    References

    Västervik Municipality Wikipedia
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