Editing Vimmerby Municipality

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| name                    = Vimmerby Municipality
| native_name             = ''Vimmerby kommun''<!-- If different from name -->
| native_name_lang        = sv<!-- ISO 639-2 code, e.g. "sv" for Swedish. -->
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]]
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| image_caption           = Vimmerby City Hall
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| subdivision_name        = Sweden
| subdivision_type1       = [[Counties of Sweden|County]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Kalmar County]]
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| seat_type               = [[Administrative centre|Seat]]
| seat                    = [[Vimmerby]]
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'''Vimmerby Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Vimmerby kommun}}) is a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Kalmar County]], south-eastern [[Sweden]]. Its seat is located in the [[city status in Sweden|city]] of [[Vimmerby]].

[[Stångån]] is a small [[river]] running through the municipality.

The municipality was created by the local government reform of 1971, when the ''City of Vimmerby'' was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities to form an entity of unitary type.

==Localities==
There are 6 [[Urban areas in Sweden|urban area]]s (also called a Tätort or locality)  in Vimmerby Municipality.

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

{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Locality !! Population
|-
| 1 || '''[[Vimmerby]]''' || 7,827
|-
| 2 || [[Södra Vi]] || 1,197
|-
| 3 || [[Storebro]] || 977
|-
| 4 || [[Gullringen]] || 560
|-
| 5 || [[Frödinge]] || 364
|-
| 6 || [[Tuna, Vimmerby|Tuna]] || 249
|}

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Vimmerby 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=VimmerbyVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-0884-vimmerby.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Vimmerby i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 15,555 residents, including 12,022 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=VimmerbyVal2022/> 46.1% voted for the left coalition and 52.2% 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}}
|-
!
! 
! 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" |Djursdala
| 406
| 315
| 33.3
| 65.0
| 90
| 95
| 5
| 24,225
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Frödinge
| 991
| 799
| 44.5
| 53.9
| 86
| 97
| 3
| 25,859
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Gullringen
| 749
| 597
| 43.6
| 54.5
| 86
| 88
| 12
| 24,094
| 23
|-
| align="left" |Locknevi
| 461
| 360
| 36.6
| 60.9
| 83
| 89
| 11
| 21,999
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Rumskulla
| 730
| 527
| 40.4
| 58.9
| 86
| 86
| 14
| 24,023
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Storebro
| 1,172
| 894
| 42.5
| 56.3
| 80
| 82
| 18
| 22,205
| 24
|-
| align="left" |Stora Vi
| 1,541
| 1,194
| 46.9
| 51.2
| 84
| 89
| 11
| 25,198
| 22
|-
| align="left" |Tuna
| 673
| 531
| 47.7
| 50.8
| 85
| 90
| 10
| 22,987
| 26
|-
| align="left" |Vimmerby 1
| 1,772
| 1,483
| 45.7
| 52.9
| 84
| 87
| 13
| 25,550
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Vimmerby 2
| 1,922
| 1,325
| 54.6
| 42.7
| 70
| 63
| 37
| 20,657
| 26
|-
| align="left" |Vimmerby 3
| 1,886
| 1,449
| 45.5
| 53.6
| 87
| 90
| 10
| 25,702
| 35
|-
| align="left" |Vimmerby 4
| 1,640
| 1,272
| 48.6
| 48.6
| 78
| 71
| 29
| 23,538
| 25
|-
| align="left" |Vimmerby 5
| 1,612
| 1,276
| 46.8
| 52.3
| 92
| 92
| 8
| 29,600
| 32
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=VimmerbyVal2022/>
|}

==Sister cities==
[[sister city|Sister cities]] are cities or towns related to one another in size and history.

*[[Fargo, North Dakota]], U.S.
*[[Moorhead, Minnesota]], U.S.
*[[Skærbæk Municipality|Skærbæk]], Denmark
*[[Kauhava]], Finland
*[[Þorlákshöfn]], Iceland
*[[Rygge]], Norway
*[[Joniškis]], Lithuania

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

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Vimmerby
 | N  = [[Kinda Municipality|Kinda]] ([[Östergötland County|Östergötland]])
 | E  = [[Västervik Municipality|Västervik]]
 | SE = [[Oskarshamn Municipality|Oskarshamn]]
 | S  = [[Hultsfred Municipality|Hultsfred]]
 | SW = [[Eksjö Municipality|Eksjö]] ([[Jönköping County|Jönköping]])
 | NW = [[Ydre Municipality|Ydre]] ([[Östergötland County|Östergötland]])
}}
{{Kalmar County}}
{{Localities in Vimmerby Municipality}}
{{authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Kalmar County]]
[[Category:Vimmerby Municipality| ]]