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'''Simrishamn Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Simrishamns kommun}}) is a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Skåne County]] in southern [[Sweden]]. Its seat is located in the city  [[Simrishamn]].

The creation of the present municipality took place during the last of the two nationwide municipal reforms carried out in Sweden during the second half of the 20th century. In 1969 a number of surrounding rural municipalities were merged with the ''City of Simrishamn''. The enlarged city became a municipality of unitary type in 1971 and in 1974 more territory was added. The number of original entities (pre-1952) is twenty.

== Geography ==
The landscape south and west of Simrishamn is mainly open and flat farmland. To the north of Simrishamn the landscape is broken up by small forests and gently sloping hills. The coastline directly south and north of Simrishamn is stony. [[Stenshuvud National Park]] is located by the shore, within the municipal borders. Simrishamn is located in the [[Österlen]] area.
[[File:Vitemölla.jpg|thumb|Vitemölla, Simrishamn municipality]]
[[File:Åkarps brydestua.jpg|thumb|Åkarps brydestua is a barn for flax drying from the 18th century in Simrishamn municipality]]
[[File:Rörum.jpg|thumb|Farm in Rörum, Simrishamn municipality]]
[[File:Hammenhögs Kyrka.jpg|thumb|Hammenhögs Kyrka in Hammenhög, Simrishamn Municipality]]
[[File:MalarhusenGard.jpg|thumb|Malarhusen, Simrishamn Municipality]]

=== Localities ===
There are 13 [[Urban areas in Sweden|urban area]]s (also called tätorter or localities) in Simrishamn Municipality. In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! # !! Locality !! Population
|-
| 1 || '''[[Simrishamn]]''' || 6546
|-
| 2 || [[Kivik]] || 1013
|-
| 3 || [[Skillinge]] || 1005
|-
| 4 || [[Gärsnäs]] || 955
|-
| 5 || [[Borrby]] || 947
|-
| 6 || [[Hammenhög]] || 908
|-
| 7 || [[Sankt Olof]] || 640
|-
| 8 || [[Brantevik]] || 451
|-
| 9 || [[Östra Tommarp]] || 279
|-
| 10 || [[Vik, Sweden|Vik]] || 264
|-
| 11 || [[Vitaby]] || 255
|-
| 12 || [[Baskemölla]] || 238
|-
| 13 || [[Simris]] || 235
|}

=== Minor localities ===
There are 14 minor localities (also called småorter) in Simrishamn Municipality. In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! # !! Minor locality !! Population
|-
| 14 || [[Östra Vemmerlöv]] || 194
|-
| 15 || [[Gröstorp]] || 190
|-
| 16 || [[Järrestad]] || 170
|-
| 17 || [[Gladsax]] || 128
|-
| 18 || [[Ravlunda]] || 111
|-
| 19 || [[Sandby, Simrishamn Municipality|Sandby]] || 105
|-
| 20 || [[Vitemölla]] || 100
|-
| 21 || [[Södra Mellby]] || 92
|-
| 22 || [[Örnahusen]] || 87
|-
| 23 || [[Gyllebo]] || 69
|-
| 24 || [[Vallby, Simrishamn Municipality|Vallby]] || 67
|-
| 25 || [[Skräddaröd]] || 58
|-
| 26 || [[Östra Hoby]] || 55
|-
| 27 || [[Raskarum]] + [[Ljunglyckorna]]* || 54
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Counted together

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Simrishamn 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=SimrishamnVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1291-simrishamn.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Simrishamn i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 19,250 residents, including 15,679 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=SimrishamnVal2022/> 42.5% voted for the left coalition and 55.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! 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" |Borrby
| 1,356
| 1,102
| 37.8
| 60.7
| 74
| 84
| 16
| 21,800
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Gladsax
| 1,152
| 964
| 42.4
| 55.8
| 82
| 91
| 9
| 25,764
| 40
|-
| align="left" |Gärsnäs
| 2,595
| 2,075
| 37.9
| 61.0
| 80
| 88
| 12
| 23,170
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Hammenhög
| 1,599
| 1,212
| 37.3
| 60.4
| 80
| 85
| 15
| 24,855
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Kivik
| 992
| 867
| 45.2
| 53.5
| 79
| 89
| 11
| 23,935
| 49
|-
| align="left" |Rörum
| 683
| 551
| 51.0
| 48.2
| 83
| 91
| 9
| 25,642
| 57
|-
| align="left" |S:t Olof
| 1,151
| 881
| 41.7
| 56.5
| 84
| 87
| 13
| 22,367
| 34
|-
| align="left" |Simris
| 1,709
| 1,398
| 42.6
| 56.5
| 82
| 87
| 13
| 25,250
| 36
|-
| align="left" |Simrishamn C
| 1,672
| 1,412
| 48.5
| 50.0
| 74
| 73
| 27
| 19,960
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Simrishamn N
| 2,110
| 1,742
| 44.5
| 54.3
| 79
| 84
| 16
| 22,799
| 38
|-
| align="left" |Simrishamn S
| 2,012
| 1,531
| 42.9
| 53.9
| 68
| 74
| 26
| 19,605
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Skillinge
| 1,100
| 978
| 37.8
| 61.3
| 78
| 92
| 8
| 23,596
| 43
|-
| align="left" |Vitaby
| 1,119
| 966
| 47.9
| 50.8
| 78
| 89
| 11
| 23,103
| 46
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=SimrishamnVal2022/>
|}

== Politics==
The 2018 municipal election resulted in the following composition of the [[Municipal council (Sweden)|municipal council]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/K/kommun/12/91/valda.html|title=Val till kommunfullmäktige i Simrishamn - Valda|language=sv|publisher=[[Election Authority (Sweden)|Valmyndigheten]]|date=2018-09-17}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2 | Party !! Seats
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Moderate Party}} |
| [[Moderate Party]]
| align=right | 12
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}} |
| [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democratic Party]]
| align=right | 11
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sweden Democrats}} |
| [[Sweden Democrats]]
| align=right | 8
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Centre Party (Sweden)}} |
| [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]]
| align=right | 4
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Liberals (Sweden)}} |
| [[Liberals (Sweden)|Liberals]]
| align=right | 3
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Feminist Initiative (Sweden)}} |
| [[Feminist Initiative (Sweden)|Feminist Initiative]]
| align=right | 3
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Green Party (Sweden)}} |
| [[Green Party (Sweden)|Green Party]]
| align=right | 2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Left Party (Sweden)}} |
| [[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Party]]
| align=right | 2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democrats (Sweden)}} |
| [[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|Christian Democrats]]
| align=right | 2
|-
| bgcolor=white |
| [[Österlen Party]]
| align=right | 2
|-
! colspan=2 | Total !! 49
|}

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

===Twin towns — Sister cities===
The municipality is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.simrishamn.se/om-kommunen/vanorter|title=Simrishamns kommuns vänorter |accessdate=2019-08-07|language=sv| publisher=Simrishamn Municipality }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Barth, Germany|Barth]]
* {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Bornholm]]
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Kołobrzeg]]
* {{flagicon|LIT}} [[Palanga]]

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

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.simrishamn.se/ Simrishamn] - Official site
* [http://www.osterlen.se/ Österlen] - Official site
* [http://www.vipaosterlen.se/ Österlen & Ystad] - Official site
{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Simrishamn
 | N  = [[Kristianstad Municipality|Kristianstad]]
 | NE = ''[[Hanö Bay]]''
 | E  = ''[[Baltic Sea]]''
 | SE = ''[[Baltic Sea]]''<br/>{{Flagicon|Denmark}} [[Bornholm]]
 | SW = [[Ystad Municipality|Ystad]]
 | W  = [[Tomelilla Municipality|Tomelilla]]
}}
{{Skåne County}}
{{Localities in Simrishamn Municipality}}
{{authority control}}

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