Editing Mönsterås Municipality

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| name                    = Mönsterås Municipality
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'''Mönsterås Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Mönsterås kommun}}) is a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Kalmar County]],  south-eastern [[Sweden]], with its seat located in the town [[Mönsterås]].

Mönsterås was an original market town ''[[köping]]'', which in 1952 was united with the rural municipality by the same name. By the local government reform of 1971 it became a municipality of unitary type and [[Amalgamation (politics)|amalgamated]] with ''Fliseryd'' and ''Ålem'' in 1974.

The municipal arms show the ridge which the town centre with its church has been situated on since the [[medieval]] age. The cross symbolizes the [[Knights Hospitallers]], a [[monastic order]] that was built in the town in the fifteenth century and had a large influence on its development. It is an etymological design showing the origin of the name of the municipality: ''Mönster'' comes from monastery while ''ås'' means ridge.

== Geography ==
The coastal line is signified by an [[archipelago]] with some 300 islands and islets, whereof two are [[nature reserve]]s. On the island farthest from land, the [[lighthouse]] of Dämman was built in 1873; an automatic lighthouse has replaced its function, but the house itself is visited by tourists and conferences.

The geography of the rest is by some parts covered with forests, as the [[Småland]] province generally is. There is also some [[agricultural]] areas closer to the sea. There are two rivers flowing through the municipality towards to sea: [[Emån]] and [[Alsterån]], that designate the wildlife and geography.

===Localities===
There are 5 [[Urban areas in Sweden|urban area]]s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Mönsterås Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2007. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Locality !! Population
|-
| 1 || '''[[Mönsterås]]''' || 4,783
|-
| 2 || [[Blomstermåla]] || 1,599
|-
| 3 || [[Timmernabben]] || 1,425
|-
| 4 || [[Ålem]] || 1015
|-
| 5 || [[Fliseryd]] || 762
|}

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Mönsterås 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=MönsteråsVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-0861-monsteras.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Mönsterås i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 13,242 residents, including 10,143 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=MönsteråsVal2022/> 43.6% voted for the left coalition and 55.2% 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}}
|-
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! 
! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
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|-
! 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" | 
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|-
| align="left" |Blomstermåla
| 1,930
| 1,379
| 42.6
| 56.4
| 76
| 81
| 19
| 22,956
| 23
|-
| align="left" |Fliseryd
| 1,443
| 996
| 34.5
| 64.4
| 81
| 83
| 17
| 24,737
| 22
|-
| align="left" |Mönsterås C-N
| 1,200
| 836
| 49.2
| 49.4
| 66
| 63
| 37
| 19,733
| 27
|-
| align="left" |Mönsterås C-S
| 1,472
| 1,197
| 54.4
| 44.0
| 70
| 76
| 24
| 19,921
| 27
|-
| align="left" |Mönsterås Ljungnäs
| 1,314
| 1,086
| 42.8
| 56.4
| 86
| 92
| 8
| 27,951
| 37
|-
| align="left" |Mönsterås N
| 1,428
| 1,131
| 39.3
| 59.9
| 84
| 93
| 7
| 27,609
| 34
|-
| align="left" |Mönsterås S
| 1,271
| 972
| 49.7
| 48.4
| 81
| 78
| 22
| 23,957
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Timmernabben
| 1,476
| 1,175
| 42.7
| 56.8
| 87
| 92
| 8
| 27,009
| 38
|-
| align="left" |Ålem
| 1,708
| 1,371
| 39.8
| 58.6
| 82
| 90
| 10
| 24,053
| 33
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=MönsteråsVal2022/>
|}

==References==
*[http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.monsteras.se/ Mönsterås Municipality] - Official site

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