Askersund Municipality
Askersund Municipality Askersunds kommun | |
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Coordinates: 58°53′N 14°54′E / 58.883°N 14.900°E | |
Country | Sweden |
County | Örebro County |
Seat | Askersund |
Area | |
• Total | 1,019.74 km2 (393.72 sq mi) |
• Land | 815.99 km2 (315.06 sq mi) |
• Water | 203.75 km2 (78.67 sq mi) |
Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 11,478 |
• Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | SE |
Province | Närke |
Municipal code | 1882 |
Website | www.askersund.se |
Askersund Municipality (Askersunds kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Askersund.
The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former City of Askersund was merged with the rural municipalities Hammar and Lerbäck.
Localities
Twin towns
Askersund's two twin towns with the year of its establishing:
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Askersund 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 11,518 residents, including 9,144 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 44.8% voted for the left coalition and 53.7% 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | ||||||||
Hammar-Olshammar | 1,496 | 1,244 | 38.0 | 61.2 | 83 | 90 | 10 | 25,265 | 22 |
Klockarbacken | 1,198 | 933 | 42.2 | 55.6 | 83 | 88 | 12 | 23,035 | 30 |
Mariedamm-Lerbäck | 1,303 | 1,006 | 43.2 | 55.0 | 84 | 91 | 9 | 24,647 | 26 |
Närlunda | 1,965 | 1,521 | 48.1 | 50.2 | 82 | 86 | 14 | 24,026 | 24 |
Sjöängen | 1,954 | 1,620 | 50.9 | 47.4 | 80 | 85 | 15 | 22,259 | 29 |
Snavlunda | 692 | 557 | 51.5 | 47.5 | 88 | 95 | 5 | 27,052 | 32 |
Åmmeberg-Zinkgruvan | 1,241 | 969 | 41.2 | 57.5 | 83 | 92 | 8 | 28,148 | 21 |
Åsbro | 1,669 | 1,294 | 43.4 | 55.2 | 81 | 90 | 10 | 25,061 | 25 |
Source: SVT[3] |
Elections
These are the results of the elections in the municipality since the first election after the municipal reform, being held in 1973. The exact results of Sweden Democrats were not listed at a municipal level by SCB from 1988 to 1998 due to the party's small size at the time. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of eligible people casting any ballots, whereas "Votes" denotes the number of valid votes only.
Riksdag elections
Year | Turnout | Votes | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD | NyD | Left | Right |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1973[4] | 90.1 | 7,452 | 2.4 | 47.7 | 29.9 | 7.4 | 4.0 | 8.5 | 50.1 | 45.8 | |||
1976[5] | 91.2 | 7,787 | 2.2 | 46.5 | 31.2 | 7.3 | 2.7 | 10.1 | 48.7 | 48.6 | |||
1979[6] | 90.2 | 7,820 | 2.9 | 47.1 | 24.1 | 7.7 | 2.9 | 14.5 | 50.0 | 46.3 | |||
1982[7] | 90.9 | 8,058 | 2.9 | 50.8 | 1.2 | 21.0 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 15.9 | 53.7 | 41.9 | ||
1985[8] | 89.6 | 7,936 | 3.0 | 50.6 | 0.9 | 19.9 | 10.8 | 14.6 | 53.6 | 45.3 | |||
1988[9] | 86.9 | 7,651 | 4.0 | 49.8 | 3.5 | 16.5 | 9.2 | 4.8 | 12.2 | 57.5 | 37.9 | ||
1991[10] | 86.8 | 7,769 | 3.2 | 43.8 | 2.3 | 13.1 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 14.8 | 6.6 | 47.0 | 43.6 | |
1994[11] | 87.3 | 7,957 | 5.6 | 52.4 | 3.9 | 11.0 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 14.9 | 0.8 | 61.9 | 36.8 | |
1998[12] | 81.8 | 7,273 | 12.8 | 42.5 | 3.6 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 11.5 | 15.8 | 58.9 | 39.3 | ||
2002[13] | 81.0 | 7,186 | 8.5 | 45.4 | 3.2 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 11.1 | 2.1 | 57.1 | 39.6 | |
2006[14] | 82.7 | 7,371 | 5.4 | 43.9 | 3.5 | 10.9 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 18.6 | 3.7 | 52.7 | 42.2 | |
2010[15] | 84.8 | 7,628 | 4.6 | 39.4 | 4.9 | 8.1 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 25.6 | 5.8 | 48.9 | 44.6 | |
2014[16] | 86.7 | 7,664 | 4.4 | 37.9 | 4.1 | 8.5 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 17.4 | 17.7 | 46.4 | 33.4 | |
2018[17] | 88.6 | 7,818 | 5.5 | 32.2 | 2.3 | 9.2 | 3.0 | 6.8 | 16.5 | 23.3 | 49.1 | 49.5 |
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 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Askersund i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Askersunds kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Askersunds kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Askersunds kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Askersunds kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Askersunds kommun 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
External links
- Askersund Municipality - Official site