Borgholm Municipality facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Borgholm Municipality Borgholms kommun
Municipality
Borgholm Castle
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Kalmar County
Seat	Borgholm
Area
• Total	3,669.1 km2 (1,416.6 sq mi)
• Land	680.19 km2 (262.62 sq mi)
• Water	2,988.91 km2 (1,154.02 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population  (June 30, 2012)
• Total	10,815
• Density	2.94759/km2 (7.6342/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Öland
Municipal code	0885
Website	www.borgholm.se

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.

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):

• Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
• Łeba, Poland
• Zelenogradsk, Kaliningrad, Russia
• Korsnäs, Finland

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Borgholm Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 10,889 inhabitants, including 8,990 Swedish citizens of voting age. 45.0 % voted for the left coalition and 53.8 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.