Västervik Municipality
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municipality in Kalmar County, Sweden
Key facts
- Country
- Sweden
- County
- Kalmar County
- Seat
- Västervik
- Total
- 3,596.85 km (1,388.75 sq mi)
- Land
- 1,874.43 km (723.72 sq mi)
- Water
- 1,722.42 km (665.03 sq mi)
- Density
- 19.401/km (50.249/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- SE
- Province
- Småland
- Municipal code
- 0883
- Website
- www.vastervik.se
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Sweden
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Kalmar County
- Capital
- Västervik
- Population
- 36269
- Area
- 1723.09
- Shares border with
- Valdemarsvik Municipality
- Employees
- 3475
- Legal form
- municipality of Sweden
- Official website
- www.vastervik.se
- Image
- Västerviks kommunhus.jpg
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- Commons category
- Västervik Municipality
- topic's main category
- Category:Västervik Municipality
- inception
- 1971-01-01
- twinned administrative body
- Bamble
- social media followers
- 1773
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Västervik Municipality
- catchphrase
- Ostkustens pärla / Skärgårdsstaden / Visstaden
- citizens' initiative URL
- e-forslag.vastervik.se
- phone number
- +46-490-254000
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- freedom of information requests URL
- handlingar.se/en/new/municipality_of_vastervik
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Encyclopedic overview
Västervik Municipality (Swedish: Västerviks kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the city of Västervik.
The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former City of Västervik was amalgamated with eight surrounding rural municipalities.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Västervik Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.