Örebro Municipality (Swedish: Örebro kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Örebro.
Örebro Municipality
Örebro kommun | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Örebro Town Hall | |
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Coordinates: 59°16′N 15°13′E | |
Country | Sweden |
County | Örebro County |
Seat | Örebro |
Area | |
• Total | 1,620.6 km2 (625.7 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,373.15 km2 (530.18 sq mi) |
• Water | 247.45 km2 (95.54 sq mi) |
Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
Population (31 December 2021)[2] | |
• Total | 156,987 |
• Density | 97/km2 (250/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | SE |
Province | Närke and Västmanland |
Municipal code | 1880 |
Website | www.orebro.se |
The municipality was created from the City of Örebro and surrounding rural municipalities in 1971 and with some areas added in 1974 it had an area of 1,840 km2. In 1995 the municipality was split in two when Lekeberg Municipality was recreated in its boundaries from 1967.
Towns and localities with more than 800 inhabitants:
Others:
Year | Population | ||||||||
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1970 | 117,696 | ||||||||
1975 | 117,837 | ||||||||
1980 | 116,969 | ||||||||
1985 | 118,043 | ||||||||
1990 | 120,944 | ||||||||
1995 | 119,635 | ||||||||
2000 | 124,207 | ||||||||
2005 | 127,733 | ||||||||
2010 | 135,460 | ||||||||
2015 | 144,200 | ||||||||
2020 | 156,381 | ||||||||
Source: SCB - Folkmängd efter region och år. |
From the 1994 election onwards there was a boundary change due to the split with Lekeberg Municipality. The exact results of Sweden Democrats were not listed at a municipal level by SCB from 1988 to 1998 due to the party's small size at the time. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of eligible people casting any ballots, whereas "Votes" denotes the number of valid votes only.
Year | Turnout | Votes | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD | NyD | Left | Right |
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1973[3] | 90.3 | 77,604 | 3.9 | 45.5 | 24.3 | 11.6 | 2.2 | 11.9 | 49.4 | 47.8 | |||
1976[4] | 91.5 | 80,670 | 4.1 | 44.5 | 23.8 | 12.3 | 1.6 | 13.2 | 48.6 | 49.3 | |||
1979[5] | 90.0 | 78,995 | 5.2 | 44.3 | 17.3 | 11.9 | 2.0 | 18.2 | 49.5 | 47.4 | |||
1982[6] | 91.0 | 80,089 | 5.5 | 47.2 | 1.8 | 14.7 | 6.8 | 2.9 | 20.8 | 52.7 | 42.3 | ||
1985[7] | 89.6 | 80,290 | 5.4 | 44.8 | 1.8 | 11.9 | 16.8 | 18.0 | 50.2 | 46.7 | |||
1988[8] | 86.5 | 78,201 | 6.4 | 43.2 | 5.0 | 10.1 | 15.3 | 3.9 | 15.0 | 54.6 | 40.4 | ||
1991[9] | 87.3 | 79,566 | 4.9 | 38.2 | 3.3 | 6.8 | 11.9 | 9.5 | 17.9 | 6.7 | 43.1 | 46.1 | |
1994[10] | 87.6 | 76,606 | 6.7 | 46.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 9.7 | 5.8 | 18.7 | 1.4 | 58.1 | 39.5 | |
1998[11] | 82.4 | 73,648 | 12.5 | 38.0 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 12.3 | 19.2 | 55.6 | 41.8 | ||
2002[12] | 82.4 | 76,771 | 8.9 | 41.7 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 14.2 | 10.1 | 12.0 | 1.8 | 55.8 | 40.9 | |
2006[13] | 83.7 | 80,630 | 6.0 | 38.0 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 21.0 | 3.5 | 50.0 | 44.1 | |
2010[14] | 86.2 | 87,778 | 5.8 | 34.1 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 26.0 | 5.5 | 45.7 | 45.4 | |
2014[15] | 86.9 | 92,429 | 5.7 | 32.4 | 8.4 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 21.0 | 11.6 | 46.5 | 37.7 | |
2018[16] | 87.8 | 98,428 | 8.5 | 31.5 | 4.8 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 17.9 | 14.4 | 52.8 | 45.7 |
Örebro's seven twin towns with the year of its establishing:
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