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| name                    = Kalmar Municipality
| native_name             = ''Kalmar kommun''<!-- If different from name -->
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| subdivision_name1       = [[Kalmar County]]
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| footnotes               = Density is calculated using land area only.
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'''Kalmar Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Kalmar kommun}}) is a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Kalmar County]], southeastern [[Sweden]]. The city of [[Kalmar]] is the municipal seat.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the ''City of Kalmar'' was [[Amalgamation (politics)|amalgamated]] with five surrounding rural municipalities. The municipality consists of fifteen original local government units.

==Localities==
There are 16 [[Urban areas in Sweden|urban area]]s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Kalmar Municipality.
[[File:Kalmar castle 191027.jpg|thumb|Kalmar castle]]
In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2019. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Locality !! Population
|-
| 1 || '''[[Kalmar]]''' || 41,110
|-
| 2 || [[Lindsdal]] || 5,958
|-
| 3 || [[Smedby]] || 3,658
|-
| 4 || [[Ljungbyholm]]|| 1,809
|-
| 5 || [[Rinkabyholm]]|| 1,659
|-
| 6 || [[Trekanten (Kalmar)|Trekanten]] || 1,608
|-
| 7 || [[Rockneby]] || 960
|-
| 8 || [[Läckeby]] || 943
|-
| 9 || [[Hagby]]|| 831
|-
| 10 || [[Påryd]]|| 685
|-
| 11 || [[Drag, Sweden|Drag]] || 550
|-
| 12 || [[Vassmolösa]]|| 534
|-
| 13 || [[Dunö]] || 430
|-
| 14 || [[Tvärskog]]|| 394
|-
| 15 || {{ill|Åmunnen|sv}} || 343
|-
|16
|[[Halltorp, Kalmar|Halltorp]]
|286
|}

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Kalmar Municipality's electoral districts in the [[2022 Swedish general election]] sourced from [[Swedish Television|SVT]]'s election platform, in turn taken from [[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]] official statistics.<ref name=KalmarVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-0880-kalmar.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Kalmar i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref>

In total there were 54,430 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.<ref name=KalmarVal2022/> 48.4 % voted for the left coalition and 50.5 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! rowspan="3" |Location
! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}}
! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} [[Swedish kronor|SEK]]}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}
|-
!
! 
! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
|-
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
|-
| align="left" |Berga
| 2,120
| 1,611
| 47.8
| 51.7
| 88
| 91
| 9
| 32,411
| 64
|-
| align="left" |Berga C
| 2,098
| 1,644
| 52.9
| 45.6
| 74
| 68
| 32
| 20,807
| 33
|-
| align="left" |Bergavik
| 1,629
| 1,216
| 46.7
| 52.2
| 87
| 84
| 16
| 30,744
| 58
|-
| align="left" |Björkenäs
| 1,289
| 1,035
| 49.0
| 50.6
| 82
| 86
| 14
| 27,948
| 63
|-
| align="left" |Djurängen V
| 1,543
| 1,260
| 55.6
| 42.8
| 70
| 71
| 29
| 21,565
| 43
|-
| align="left" |Djurängen Ö
| 1,933
| 1,794
| 49.1
| 49.6
| 77
| 78
| 22
| 22,566
| 46
|-
| align="left" |Drag-Revsudden
| 1,429
| 1,079
| 41.6
| 57.8
| 87
| 92
| 8
| 29,606
| 52
|-
| align="left" |Falkenberg
| 1,843
| 1,500
| 57.9
| 40.8
| 71
| 76
| 24
| 21,466
| 52
|-
| align="left" |Funkabo
| 1,804
| 1,301
| 58.4
| 40.2
| 70
| 64
| 36
| 20,046
| 39
|-
| align="left" |Gamla stan
| 1,796
| 1,546
| 47.7
| 51.4
| 81
| 90
| 10
| 27,873
| 57
|-
| align="left" |Getinge-Tallhagen
| 1,246
| 960
| 49.8
| 49.5
| 75
| 87
| 13
| 28,844
| 67
|-
| align="left" |Hagby Vassmolösa S
| 1,941
| 1,521
| 47.6
| 51.2
| 87
| 91
| 9
| 25,734
| 41
|-
| align="left" |Halltorp-Voxtorp
| 1,022
| 794
| 39.8
| 59.2
| 83
| 91
| 9
| 24,952
| 40
|-
| align="left" |Kalmarsundsparken
| 1,467
| 1,230
| 47.0
| 52.5
| 88
| 92
| 8
| 32,806
| 67
|-
| align="left" |Kvarnholmen
| 1,991
| 1,805
| 47.2
| 51.7
| 82
| 87
| 13
| 27,507
| 52
|-
| align="left" |Lindsdal NO
| 1,523
| 1,106
| 51.3
| 47.5
| 84
| 87
| 13
| 25,649
| 42
|-
| align="left" |Lindsdal NV-Förlösa
| 1,648
| 1,271
| 40.4
| 58.7
| 88
| 91
| 9
| 29,298
| 47
|-
| align="left" |Lindsdal SO-Fjölebro
| 1,964
| 1,322
| 47.1
| 52.2
| 91
| 87
| 13
| 29,275
| 54
|-
| align="left" |Lindsdal SV-Kläckeberga
| 1,537
| 1,109
| 48.2
| 50.4
| 83
| 80
| 20
| 26,515
| 45
|-
| align="left" |Ljungbyholm-Vassmolösa
| 2,503
| 1,836
| 43.5
| 55.5
| 87
| 90
| 10
| 28,125
| 47
|-
| align="left" |Läckeby
| 1,771
| 1,300
| 42.7
| 56.8
| 87
| 93
| 7
| 28,176
| 41
|-
| align="left" |Malmen S
| 1,201
| 956
| 48.7
| 50.4
| 71
| 80
| 20
| 23,397
| 55
|-
| align="left" |Malmen V
| 1,882
| 1,552
| 53.2
| 45.8
| 72
| 82
| 18
| 24,281
| 53
|-
| align="left" |Malmen-Norrgårdsgärdet
| 1,843
| 1,768
| 49.6
| 49.0
| 80
| 88
| 12
| 25,870
| 52
|-
| align="left" |Norrgårdsgärdet V
| 1,134
| 1,002
| 47.0
| 51.6
| 81
| 84
| 16
| 24,955
| 46
|-
| align="left" |Norrliden V
| 2,020
| 1,227
| 66.1
| 31.1
| 65
| 38
| 62
| 18,201
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Norrliden Ö
| 2,030
| 1,195
| 67.8
| 29.3
| 59
| 38
| 62
| 16,211
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Oxhagen
| 1,851
| 1,329
| 60.7
| 37.8
| 67
| 55
| 45
| 19,015
| 34
|-
| align="left" |Påryd
| 922
| 732
| 44.3
| 54.3
| 76
| 84
| 16
| 20,757
| 25
|-
| align="left" |Rinkabyholm S-Hossmo
| 2,179
| 1,486
| 41.7
| 57.1
| 90
| 95
| 5
| 32,119
| 61
|-
| align="left" |Rockneby
| 1,453
| 1,115
| 40.7
| 57.8
| 85
| 93
| 7
| 26,592
| 34
|-
| align="left" |Sandås-Stensberg
| 2,008
| 1,606
| 46.6
| 52.0
| 81
| 86
| 14
| 25,794
| 53
|-
| align="left" |Skälby
| 1,269
| 1,009
| 53.8
| 44.7
| 64
| 79
| 21
| 16,704
| 51
|-
| align="left" |Smedby S-Rinkabyholm N
| 1,807
| 1,280
| 43.8
| 55.9
| 88
| 90
| 10
| 30,348
| 54
|-
| align="left" |Smedby V
| 1,540
| 1,076
| 56.6
| 41.5
| 69
| 60
| 40
| 21,191
| 33
|-
| align="left" |Smedby Ö
| 1,729
| 1,194
| 50.9
| 47.3
| 82
| 79
| 21
| 26,328
| 39
|-
| align="left" |Snurrom
| 1,219
| 781
| 43.5
| 55.1
| 77
| 72
| 28
| 22,536
| 35
|-
| align="left" |Tegelviken-Johannesborg
| 1,678
| 1,317
| 50.6
| 48.5
| 83
| 89
| 11
| 29,154
| 56
|-
| align="left" |Trekanten
| 2,310
| 1,649
| 38.0
| 60.6
| 87
| 90
| 10
| 27,836
| 40
|-
| align="left" |Tvärskog
| 1,168
| 855
| 46.2
| 52.9
| 85
| 91
| 9
| 26,174
| 34
|-
| align="left" |Vimpeltorpet
| 2,468
| 1,712
| 45.2
| 54.3
| 86
| 78
| 22
| 30,102
| 55
|-
| align="left" |Ängö-Varvsholmen
| 1,437
| 1,349
| 36.4
| 62.7
| 85
| 92
| 8
| 30,709
| 56
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=KalmarVal2022/>
|}

== International relations ==
{{Main|List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden}}

===Twin towns — sister cities===

Kalmar is [[town twinning|twinned]] with:
* {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Gdańsk]], [[Poland]] <small>''(since 1991)''</small><ref name="Gdańsk">{{cite web|url=http://www.gdansk.pl/samorzad,62,733.html |title=Gdańsk Official Website: 'Miasta partnerskie' |publisher=[[copyright|©]] 2009 Urząd Miejski w Gdańsku |language=pl, en |access-date=2009-07-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723091807/http://www.gdansk.pl/samorzad%2C62%2C733.html |archive-date=2013-07-23 }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Kaliningrad]], [[Russia]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]], [[Delaware]], [[United States]]
* {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Savonlinna]], [[Finland]]
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Samsun]], [[Turkey]]
* {{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Panevėžys]], [[Lithuania]]

==References==
<references/>
*[http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.kalmar.se/ Kalmar Municipality] - Official site
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020811053907/http://www.hik.se/english/ University of Kalmar]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Kalmar
 | N  = [[Mönsterås Municipality|Mönsterås]]
 | NE = ''[[Kalmar Strait]]'' / [[Borgholm Municipality|Borgholm]]
 | E  = ''[[Kalmar Strait]]'' / [[Mörbylånga Municipality|Mörbylånga]]
 | S  = [[Torsås Municipality|Torsås]]
 | SW = [[Emmaboda Municipality|Emmaboda]]
 | W  = [[Nybro Municipality|Nybro]]
}}
{{Kalmar County}}
{{Localities in Kalmar Municipality}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of Kalmar County]]
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