Editing Osby Municipality

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| name                    = Osby Municipality
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'''Osby Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Osby kommun}}) is a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Scania County]] in [[Sweden]]. Its seat is located in the town of [[Osby]].

The amalgamation during the 1970s' local government reform took place in the area on 1 January 1974, when the former market town Osby (itself instituted as such in 1937) was merged with three adjacent rural municipalities.

==Localities==
There are 3 [[Urban areas in Sweden|localities]] (or built-up areas) in Osby Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Locality !! Population
|-
| 1 || '''[[Osby]]''' || 6,947
|-
| 2 || [[Lönsboda]] || 1,899
|-
| 3 || [[Killeberg]] || 575
|}

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Osby 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=OsbyVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1273-osby.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Osby i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 13,238 residents, including 9,888 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=OsbyVal2022/> 37.9% voted for the left coalition and 61.1% 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" |Loshult/Killeberg
| 1,305
| 889
| 37.5
| 61.8
| 83
| 77
| 23
| 25,801
| 34
|-
| align="left" |Osby NV
| 2,198
| 1,517
| 40.6
| 58.0
| 75
| 68
| 32
| 22,597
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Osby NÖ
| 1,814
| 1,294
| 34.9
| 63.6
| 78
| 76
| 24
| 22,325
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Osby N
| 1,698
| 1,383
| 37.1
| 61.9
| 74
| 77
| 23
| 21,577
| 27
|-
| align="left" |Osby SV
| 1,570
| 1,238
| 39.4
| 59.9
| 86
| 82
| 18
| 25,310
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Osby S
| 1,767
| 1,372
| 35.7
| 63.5
| 86
| 84
| 16
| 27,089
| 35
|-
| align="left" |Örkened
| 1,434
| 1,107
| 37.9
| 61.5
| 88
| 91
| 9
| 25,385
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Örkened C
| 1,452
| 1,088
| 37.7
| 61.5
| 70
| 75
| 25
| 19,499
| 21
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=OsbyVal2022/>
|}

==Elections==
===[[Swedish Riksdag|Riksdag]]===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year
! Turnout
! Votes
! [[Left Party (Sweden)|V]]
! [[Social Democrats (Sweden)|S]]
! [[Green Party (Sweden)|MP]]
! [[Centre Party (Sweden)|C]]
! [[Liberals (Sweden)|L]]
! [[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|KD]]
! [[Moderate Party|M]]
! [[Sweden Democrats|SD]]
|-
| [[2014 Swedish general election|2014]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/R/kommun/12/73/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Osby kommun 2014|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>
| 85.5
| 8,244
| 3.4
| 35.2
| 4.3
| 5.9
| 2.7
| 4.9
| 16.1
| 25.4
|-
| [[2018 Swedish general election|2018]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/R/kommun/12/73/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Osby kommun 2018|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>
| 87.0
| 8,385
| 3.9
| 28.2
| 2.2
| 7.3
| 2.4
| 7.3
| 16.1
| 31.2
|}

==International relations==
The municipality is [[twin towns|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.osby.se/web/Vanorter.aspx |title=vänorter - Osby Kommun |website=www.osby.se |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417060514/http://www.osby.se/web/Vanorter.aspx |archive-date=2009-04-17}} </ref>

* {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Gribskov Municipality]] (formerly ''Græsted-Gilleleje''), Denmark

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

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.osby.se/ Osby] - Official site
*[http://www.osby.info/ Osby.info] - local portal
*[http://www.osby.nu/ Osby] - www.osby.nu
*[http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/osby/ Osby parish]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Osby
 | N  = [[Älmhult Municipality|Älmhult]] ([[Kronoberg County|Kronoberg]])
 | E  = [[Olofström Municipality|Olofström]] ([[Blekinge County|Blekinge]])
 | S  = [[Östra Göinge Municipality|Östra Göinge]], [[Kristianstad Municipality|Kristianstad]]
 | SW = [[Hässleholm Municipality|Hässleholm]]
 | NW = [[Markaryd Municipality|Markaryd]] ([[Kronoberg County|Kronoberg]])
}}
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