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Osby Municipality
Osby kommun
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| Country | Sweden | |
| County | Scania County | |
| Seat | Osby | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 601.9388 km2 (232.4099 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 578.4788 km2 (223.3519 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 23.46 km2 (9.06 sq mi) | |
| Area as of January 1, 2010. | ||
| Population
(June 30, 2012)
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| • Total | 12,655 | |
| • Density | 21.0237/km2 (54.4512/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| ISO 3166 code | SE | |
| Province | Scania | |
| Municipal code | 1273 | |
| Website | www.osby.se | |
Osby Municipality (Osby kommun) is a municipality in Scania County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Osby.
The amalgamation during the 1970s' local government reform took place in the area on 1 January 1974, when the former market town Osby (itself instituted as such in 1937) was merged with three adjacent rural municipalities.
Localities
There are 3 localities (or built-up areas) in Osby Municipality.
In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| # | Locality | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Osby | 6,947 |
| 2 | Lönsboda | 1,899 |
| 3 | Killeberg | 575 |
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Osby 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 13,238 residents, including 9,888 Swedish citizens of voting age. 37.9% voted for the left coalition and 61.1% for the right coalition. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Loshult/Killeberg | 1,305 | 889 | 37.5 | 61.8 | 83 | 77 | 23 | 25,801 | 34 |
| Osby NV | 2,198 | 1,517 | 40.6 | 58.0 | 75 | 68 | 32 | 22,597 | 31 |
| Osby NÖ | 1,814 | 1,294 | 34.9 | 63.6 | 78 | 76 | 24 | 22,325 | 29 |
| Osby N | 1,698 | 1,383 | 37.1 | 61.9 | 74 | 77 | 23 | 21,577 | 27 |
| Osby SV | 1,570 | 1,238 | 39.4 | 59.9 | 86 | 82 | 18 | 25,310 | 32 |
| Osby S | 1,767 | 1,372 | 35.7 | 63.5 | 86 | 84 | 16 | 27,089 | 35 |
| Örkened | 1,434 | 1,107 | 37.9 | 61.5 | 88 | 91 | 9 | 25,385 | 29 |
| Örkened C | 1,452 | 1,088 | 37.7 | 61.5 | 70 | 75 | 25 | 19,499 | 21 |
| Source: SVT | |||||||||
Elections
Riksdag
| Year | Turnout | Votes | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD |
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| 2014 | 85.5 | 8,244 | 3.4 | 35.2 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 16.1 | 25.4 |
| 2018 | 87.0 | 8,385 | 3.9 | 28.2 | 2.2 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 7.3 | 16.1 | 31.2 |
International relations
The municipality is twinned with:
Gribskov Municipality (formerly Græsted-Gilleleje), Denmark
