Osby Municipality
Osby Municipality
Osby kommun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 56°22′N 13°59′E / 56.367°N 13.983°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Scania County |
| Seat | Osby |
| Area | |
• Total | 599.84 km2 (231.60 sq mi) |
| • Land | 576.24 km2 (222.49 sq mi) |
| • Water | 23.6 km2 (9.1 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 12,911 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (56/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 (Swedish: 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 |
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| 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.[3]
In total there were 13,238 residents, including 9,888 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 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[3] | |||||||||
Elections
| Year | Turnout | Votes | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD |
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| 2014[4] | 85.5 | 8,244 | 3.4 | 35.2 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 16.1 | 25.4 |
| 2018[5] | 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:[6]
Gribskov Municipality (formerly Græsted-Gilleleje), Denmark
References
- ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 2, 2025" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Osby i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Osby kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Osby kommun 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ "vänorter - Osby Kommun". www.osby.se. Archived from the original on 2009-04-17.
External links
- Osby - Official site
- Osby.info - local portal
- Osby - www.osby.nu
- Osby parish
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