Lindesberg Municipality facts for kids
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Lindesberg Municipality
Lindesbergs kommun
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| Country | Sweden | |
| County | Örebro County | |
| Seat | Lindesberg | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,488.65 km2 (574.77 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,382.76 km2 (533.89 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 105.89 km2 (40.88 sq mi) | |
| Area as of January 1, 2010. | ||
| Population
(June 30, 2012)
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| • Total | 22,992 | |
| • Density | 15.4449/km2 (40.0020/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| ISO 3166 code | SE | |
| Province | Västmanland | |
| Municipal code | 1885 | |
| Website | www.lindesberg.se | |
Lindesberg Municipality (Lindesbergs kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lindesberg.
The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Lindesberg and the former market town of Frövi were joined.
Localities
By size, as of 2000:
- Lindesberg (seat)
- Frövi
- Storå
- Fellingsbro
- Vedevåg
- Stråssa
- Gusselby
- Ramsberg
- Rockhammar
- Fryggesboda
Riksdag elections
| Year | % | Votes | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD | NyD | Left | Right |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 90.9 | 15,758 | 3.9 | 45.9 | 31.3 | 7.5 | 2.4 | 8.6 | 49.8 | 47.4 | |||
| 1976 | 92.0 | 16,420 | 3.1 | 45.8 | 31.6 | 7.2 | 1.8 | 10.2 | 48.9 | 49.0 | |||
| 1979 | 90.4 | 16,377 | 4.2 | 47.3 | 25.0 | 7.5 | 2.1 | 13.5 | 51.5 | 45.9 | |||
| 1982 | 91.4 | 16,740 | 4.2 | 50.7 | 1.7 | 20.7 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 15.5 | 54.9 | 40.6 | ||
| 1985 | 89.7 | 16,559 | 4.5 | 49.0 | 2.5 | 18.3 | 10.3 | 15.0 | 53.5 | 43.6 | |||
| 1988 | 85.4 | 15,627 | 5.5 | 47.8 | 5.2 | 16.7 | 9.7 | 3.8 | 11.2 | 58.4 | 37.6 | ||
| 1991 | 85.9 | 15,756 | 4.6 | 43.3 | 3.0 | 12.3 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 13.7 | 6.6 | 47.9 | 42.0 | |
| 1994 | 86.9 | 16,004 | 7.0 | 50.4 | 5.1 | 11.4 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 15.0 | 0.7 | 62.5 | 36.3 | |
| 1998 | 80.3 | 14,382 | 13.7 | 41.1 | 4.5 | 8.6 | 3.1 | 11.5 | 15.6 | 59.3 | 38.9 | ||
| 2002 | 79.3 | 13,989 | 7.7 | 47.5 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 10.1 | 1.6 | 59.3 | 38.1 | |
| 2006 | 81.3 | 14,165 | 5.3 | 43.5 | 3.6 | 12.4 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 18.2 | 5.1 | 52.4 | 40.3 | |
| 2010 | 84.6 | 14,845 | 4.6 | 38.6 | 5.2 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 23.5 | 9.2 | 48.4 | 41.3 | |
| 2014 | 86.8 | 15,348 | 4.3 | 36.9 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 16.9 | 20.9 | 45.9 | 30.8 | |
| 2018 | 87.6 | 15,280 | 6.1 | 31.6 | 2.6 | 8.5 | 2.8 | 6.1 | 15.8 | 25.0 | 48.7 | 49.7 | |
| 2022 | 84.5 | 15,053 | 5.1 | 30.2 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 5.4 | 15.5 | 30.1 | 44.5 | 53.7 |
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Lindesberg 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 23,563 residents with 18,038 Swedish citizen adults eligible to vote. The political demographics were 44.5% for the left bloc and 53.7% for the right bloc. The northeastern part of Lindesberg has a majority of non-Swedish background. It also has the lowest median income and the lowest levels of employment, while the wealthiest district of Linde encircling the town has the highest share of Swedish background in the municipality. The town of Lindesberg leaned slightly to the left, whereas the countryside had very high shares for the right and in particular the Sweden Democrats. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Fellingsbro V | 1,123 | 876 | 45.0 | 52.9 | 76 | 85 | 15 | 21,926 | 24 |
| Fellingsbro Ö | 1,389 | 1,076 | 41.7 | 55.7 | 75 | 82 | 18 | 22,187 | 25 |
| Frövi V | 1,847 | 1,458 | 48.9 | 48.7 | 80 | 82 | 18 | 24,708 | 26 |
| Frövi Ö | 1,626 | 1,226 | 47.0 | 52.1 | 84 | 89 | 11 | 27,595 | 34 |
| Guldsmedshyttan | 1,399 | 1,118 | 40.6 | 58.4 | 75 | 87 | 13 | 22,743 | 24 |
| Gusselby | 692 | 556 | 31.6 | 67.2 | 84 | 90 | 10 | 25,960 | 23 |
| Linde | 1,478 | 1,141 | 34.7 | 64.3 | 86 | 92 | 8 | 28,154 | 33 |
| Lindesbergs M | 2,199 | 1,767 | 50.3 | 48.1 | 76 | 78 | 22 | 21,711 | 32 |
| Lindesbergs NÖ | 1,879 | 1,118 | 61.7 | 36.9 | 62 | 37 | 63 | 18,379 | 25 |
| Lindesbergs N | 1,823 | 1,348 | 45.2 | 54.0 | 81 | 72 | 28 | 25,758 | 30 |
| Lindesbergs SÖ | 1,428 | 1,146 | 46.1 | 51.5 | 81 | 82 | 18 | 25,000 | 33 |
| Lindesbergs V | 2,118 | 1,631 | 46.7 | 51.9 | 83 | 83 | 17 | 26,477 | 35 |
| Ramshyttan | 679 | 586 | 42.1 | 55.4 | 83 | 88 | 12 | 23,694 | 34 |
| Rockhammar | 772 | 616 | 39.7 | 57.3 | 81 | 87 | 13 | 22,997 | 25 |
| Storå | 2,036 | 1,570 | 39.0 | 59.5 | 75 | 86 | 14 | 22,080 | 22 |
| Vedevåg | 1,075 | 805 | 41.9 | 55.8 | 79 | 82 | 18 | 24,777 | 29 |
| Source: SVT | |||||||||
Twin towns
Lindesberg's five twin towns with the year of its establishing:
- (1940) Kuusankoski (Kouvola), Finland
- (?) Oppdal, Norway
- (?) Jammerbugt Municipality, Denmark
- (1990) Frunzensky District, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- (1995) Haßberge, Germany
Industry
The largest employer is the municipality. After that follow the large hospital, serving the northern parts of Örebro County. Larger companies include Por Pac (Fagerdala Foams), Arvin Meritor and Liab.
See also
In Spanish: Municipio de Lindesberg para niños
