Högsby (municipality)

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Högsby parish
Coat of arms of the municipality of Högsby Location of the municipality of Högsby
coat of arms Location in Kalmar Lan
State : Sweden
Province (län): Kalmar Lan
Historical Province (landskap): Småland
Main place: Högsby
SCB code: 0821
Residents : 5921 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 799.4 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 7.4 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.hogsby.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 57 ° 10 '  N , 16 ° 2'  O Högsby is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province Kalmar Lan and the historical province Småland . The main town of the municipality is Högsby .

politics

The local council (Swedish kommunfullmäktige ) has the following election result and the resulting distribution of mandates in the 2014-2018 mandate period:

Political party percent Mandates
Moderate samling party 8.5 3
Centerpartiet 22.4 8th
Liberalerna 1.3 0
Kristdemokraterna 7.8 3
Socialdemokraterna 38.0 13
Vänsterpartiet 2.2 1
Miljöpartiet de gröna 3.4 1
Sverigedemokraterna 15.9 6th
Feminist initiative 0.1 0
Other 0.5 0

Attractions

In Fågelfors there is a museum with exhibitions about nostalgic toys and about the theater actor and singer Ernst Rolf .

places

The following places are localities ( tatorter ):

Web links

Commons : Högsby parish  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
  2. ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)