Torsås (municipality)

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Torsås municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Torsås Location of the municipality of Torsås
coat of arms Location in Kalmar Lan
State : Sweden
Province (län): Kalmar Lan
Historical Province (landskap): Småland
Main place: Torsås
SCB code: 0834
Residents : 7125 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 469.9 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 15.2 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.torsas.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 56 ° 25 '  N , 16 ° 0'  O Torsås is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province Kalmar Lan and the historical province Småland . The main town of the municipality is Torsås .

history

The border between Sweden and Denmark ran through the municipality in the 14th and 15th centuries .

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the community represents the hammer of the Nordic god Thor .

places

The following places are localities ( tatorter ):

Web links

Commons : Torsås Municipality  - 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)
  3. ↑ Torsås kommunvapnet at Heraldry of the World