Halmstad Municipality

Municipality in Halland County, Sweden
Halmstad Municipality
Halmstads kommun
Municipality
Halmstad City Hall
Halmstad City Hall
Coat of arms of Halmstad Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°40′N 12°51′E / 56.667°N 12.850°E / 56.667; 12.850
CountrySweden
CountyHalland County
SeatHalmstad
Government
 • ChairmanStefan Pålsson (Social Democratic Party)
Area
 • Total1,699.89 km2 (656.33 sq mi)
 • Land1,014.13 km2 (391.56 sq mi)
 • Water685.76 km2 (264.77 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total105,796
 • Density62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceHalland
Municipal code1380
Websitewww.halmstad.se

Halmstad Municipality (Halmstads kommun) is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast, in which the city Halmstad is the seat.

The 1971 local government reform was implemented gradually in the area. In 1967 the rural municipality Simlångsdalen (created in 1952) was amalgamated into the City of Halmstad. The city was converted into a municipality of unitary type in 1971, but the seven surrounding municipalities were not merged into it until 1974.

Politics

Since the 2022 elections, the municipal government is controlled by a majority consisting of the Social Democrats, Moderates and Christian Democrats, with Social Democrat Stefan Pålsson as chairman of the municipal board.[3]

Municipal council

The municipal council has 71 seats, with the governing majority holding a majority with 40 seats.[4]

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  •   Left Party (4)
  •   Social Democrats (22)
  •   Green Party (2)
  •   Hjärta för Halmstad (4)
  •   Halmstads Lokala Parti (2)
  •   Centre Party (5)
  •   Liberals (3)
  •   Moderate Party (13)
  •   Christian Democrats (5)
  •   Sweden Democrats (11)

Localities

There are 21 urban areas (also called a tätort or locality) in Halmstad 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 Halmstad 55,688
2 Oskarström 4,011
3 Fyllinge 2,830
4 Getinge 1,885
5 Frösakull 1,635
6 Trönninge 1,555
7 Åled 1,536
8 Harplinge 1,454
9 Gullbrandstorp 1,435
10 Haverdal 1,401
11 Kvibille 793
12 Steninge 769
13 Gullbranna 727
14 Eldsberga 717
15 Villshärad 628
16 Simlångsdalen 577
17 Laxvik 469
18 Holm 462
19 Sennan 430
20 Tylösand 387
21 Skedala 355

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Halmstad Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[5]

In total there were 104,409 residents, including 79,133 Swedish citizens of voting age.[5] 46.2% voted for the left coalition and 52.6% 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
% %
Andersberg N/V 2,394 1,136 67.9 24.5 56 13 87 14,909 28
Andersberg S 2,606 1,573 69.1 23.4 55 18 82 14,043 26
Bäckagård C 1,451 1,066 50.2 48.2 75 73 27 23,578 47
Bäckagård N 1,733 1,280 42.4 57.1 91 89 11 30,587 60
Bäckagård S 1,508 1,153 38.5 60.8 89 94 6 31,609 65
Centrum N 1,232 1,104 42.3 56.3 83 81 19 23,967 46
Centrum S 1,280 1,129 44.8 54.0 82 80 20 26,726 45
Centrum V 1,424 1,227 47.7 50.5 81 72 28 25,647 44
Centrum Ö-Gamletull 1,409 1,153 49.1 48.7 68 73 27 18,682 51
Eldsberga-Tönnersjö 1,483 1,049 39.7 59.6 86 87 13 27,617 35
Engelbrekt V 1,221 987 50.5 47.7 65 74 26 18,084 47
Engelbrekt Ö 1,186 927 42.4 56.3 65 71 29 20,222 39
Frennarp 1,517 1,138 53.5 45.9 89 87 13 29,137 53
Frösakull V-Tylösand 1,274 1,134 20.7 79.0 75 91 9 31,661 55
Frösakull Ö 1,485 1,211 31.2 68.2 83 91 9 30,103 58
Furet 1,623 1,204 48.1 50.9 86 83 17 30,348 49
Fyllinge N/Ö 1,623 1,309 50.8 47.4 82 60 40 27,333 43
Fyllinge S/V 1,725 1,258 55.2 42.7 75 60 40 24,790 34
Galgberget V 1,319 1,113 37.3 62.1 83 79 21 28,705 55
Galgberget Ö 1,527 1,230 46.3 51.3 80 76 24 26,260 47
Gamletull N/Ö 1,620 1,329 48.1 49.2 80 72 28 23,089 45
Gamletull V 1,629 1,454 43.8 55.1 84 84 16 29,237 56
Getinge N 1,382 975 46.5 52.7 81 81 19 25,550 32
Getinge S-Rävinge 1,365 993 47.4 51.5 87 87 13 25,685 35
Gullbrandstorp N 1,458 1,055 41.5 57.7 90 93 7 31,244 54
Gullbrandstorp S 1,480 1,181 40.2 58.8 87 92 8 27,667 54
Gullbranna-Laxvik 1,321 1,051 37.9 61.2 87 88 12 28,394 42
Gustavsfält N 1,341 989 57.3 39.8 74 41 59 23,054 30
Gustavsfält S 1,450 950 59.1 37.4 66 34 66 18,750 32
Harplinge 2,080 1,518 47.4 51.5 88 91 9 28,341 48
Haverdal 1,870 1,571 43.0 56.2 83 92 8 29,203 57
Holm-Vapnö 1,423 916 38.9 60.8 88 86 14 29,207 45
Kattegatt Ö 1,341 1,128 47.0 52.3 80 81 19 28,026 50
Kvibille-Slättåkra 1,753 1,314 39.4 59.3 87 91 9 26,918 40
Kärleken-Sofieberg V 1,696 1,236 46.3 52.7 88 87 13 30,281 54
Kärleken-Sofieberg Ö 1,446 1,099 48.4 50.6 87 86 14 29,206 53
Linehed N 1,508 1,324 52.7 45.6 77 47 53 22,272 37
Linehed S 1,603 1,089 63.6 32.7 56 29 71 15,919 29
Mickedala 1,666 1,272 49.6 49.6 82 87 13 30,951 62
Nyatorp N 1,713 1,348 45.5 52.8 79 72 28 24,985 46
Nyatorp S 1,443 1,124 43.7 54.1 72 64 36 21,400 40
Nyhem S 1,754 1,264 49.2 47.9 57 55 45 13,621 52
Nyhem V 1,752 1,289 53.4 44.8 74 57 43 22,129 40
Nyhem Ö 1,722 1,251 58.8 37.3 58 46 54 16,424 36
Oskarström N 1,603 1,116 46.1 52.3 80 75 25 24,570 28
Oskarström S/V 1,592 1,050 46.2 51.7 73 67 33 21,315 24
Oskarström Ö 1,792 1,322 45.1 54.3 85 83 17 25,927 35
Rotorp N 1,576 1,329 54.3 44.3 75 77 23 26,030 49
Rotorp S-Alet 1,383 1,097 48.7 49.7 83 87 13 29,857 56
Simlångsdalen 1,610 1,234 41.3 58.1 88 90 10 26,287 34
Skedala-Marbäck 1,442 1,154 36.7 62.6 89 90 10 29,346 35
Slottsjord-Kattegatt V 1,253 1,079 46.5 52.2 76 78 22 23,965 48
Snöstorp S/V 1,891 1,385 47.3 52.1 87 74 26 29,402 46
Snöstorp Ö-Brogård 1,630 1,202 49.1 49.7 87 81 19 28,642 46
Stenhuggeriet 1,391 1,108 36.3 63.4 85 91 9 33,849 58
Steninge-Särdal 1,400 1,099 45.6 53.5 87 91 9 30,903 62
Söndrum C 1,343 1,091 39.3 60.2 89 91 9 30,697 58
Söndrum N 1,699 1,245 36.5 63.1 89 90 10 31,322 58
Söndrum S-Eketånga 1,464 1,124 39.4 59.7 87 89 11 32,915 65
Trönninge 1,871 1,356 40.2 58.5 85 83 17 28,171 38
Vallås N 1,672 1,309 57.7 39.7 72 61 39 19,496 36
Vallås S 1,571 1,157 58.5 40.5 71 54 46 20,129 34
Vallås V 1,724 1,186 61.3 34.8 56 48 52 16,381 25
Vallås Ö 1,678 1,289 54.0 44.6 79 67 33 24,257 39
Åled V 1,396 1,007 43.8 55.6 88 90 10 28,927 40
Åled Ö-Sennan 1,292 970 40.4 59.0 84 86 14 25,776 36
Östra Förstaden 1,300 1,123 46.1 52.4 79 78 22 25,674 50
Source: SVT[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ Thorsell, Tony (2022-10-15). "Stefan Pålsson blir kommunstyrelsens ordförande: "Otroligt stort"". Hallandsposten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  4. ^ "Slutlig rösträkning och mandatfördelning – val till kommunfullmäktige" (PDF) (in Swedish). Halland County administrative board. 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  5. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Halmstad i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
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