Kalmar (municipality)

Kalmar municipality
coat of arms Location in Kalmar Lan
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Kalmar Lan
Historical Province (landskap):	Småland
Main place:	Squid
SCB code:	0880
Residents :	69,467 (December 31, 2019)
Area :	960.6 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density :	72.3 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	390 02 - 398 09
Website :	www.kalmar.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 56 ° 40 ′  N , 16 ° 21 ′  E Kalmar is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Kalmar län and the historic province of Småland . The main town of the municipality is Kalmar .

geography

The municipality borders on the sea side of the Kalmar Sound in the Baltic Sea .

history

There are more than a thousand prehistoric monuments in the municipality. Most of them lie in a wreath around the city of Kalmar and mostly date from the Iron Age . In 1987 archaeologists discovered the remains of an old settlement in Tingby, about 10 km west of Kalmar. It turned out that the place was already inhabited more than 8,000 years ago. This place is now considered to be the oldest known Scandinavian settlement. There is a stone circle not far from the main town's airport . It is believed that it belonged to the cemetery of a prehistoric village.

In the Middle Ages , a system of several observation towers was set up along the Baltic Sea coast for defense at sea. Some of these towers belonged to castle-like stone churches, from which one had a good view of the sea and the surrounding landscape. The churches were also places of refuge in the event of enemy attacks. The oldest church is in Hossmo and is dated to 1175. The most important tower stood right in Kalmar and later became the castle .

places

The following places are localities ( tatorter ):

• Boholmarna
• Duno
• Hagby
• Halltorp
• Squid
• Lindsdal
• Ljungbyholm
• Läckeby
• Påryd
• Rinkabyholm
• Rockneby
• Smedby
• Trekkers
• Tvärskog
• Vassmolösa

Town twinning

Kalmar lists the following nine twin cities :

city	country	since
Árborg	Southurland, Iceland	1987
Arendal	Aust-Agder, Norway	1948
Danzig	Pomerania, Poland	1991
Entebbe	Wakiso, Uganda	2003
Kaliningrad	Northwestern District, Russia	2000
Panevežys	Lithuania	1992
Samsun	Turkey
Savonlinna	South Savo, Finland
Silkeborg	Denmark
Wilmington	Delaware, United States	1963
Wismar	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany	2002

Web links

Commons : Kalmar Municipality  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (Swedish, English and German)

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)
3. ↑ Postcode ZIP code Kalmar, Sweden - GeoPostcodes. Retrieved August 29, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Kalelse_AU_170516. Retrieved September 11, 2017 .