Kumla Municipality
Kumla kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Kumla Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°07′N 15°08′E / 59.117°N 15.133°E / 59.117; 15.133
CountrySweden
CountyÖrebro County
SeatKumla
Area
[1]
 • Total205.8 km2 (79.5 sq mi)
 • Land204.18 km2 (78.83 sq mi)
 • Water1.62 km2 (0.63 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2021)[2]
 • Total22,144
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceNärke
Municipal code1881
Websitewww.kumla.se

Kumla Municipality (Kumla kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Kumla.

The present municipality was formed during the latest nationwide local government reform in Sweden, with the amalgamations taking place in 1966 and 1971.

With 207 km2 it is the smallest municipality in Örebro County.

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Kumla Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]

Residents include everyone registered as living in the district, regardless of age or citizenship status. Valid voters indicate Swedish citizens above the age of 18 who therefore can vote in general elections. Left vote and right vote indicate the result between the two major blocs in said district in the 2022 general election. Employment indicates the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers. Foreign background is defined as residents either born abroad or with two parents born outside of Sweden. Median income is the received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor. The section about college graduates indicates any degree accumulated after high school.

In total there were 16,456 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[3] 45.6% voted for the left coalition and 53.2% for the right coalition.

Riksdag elections

Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
1973[4] 91.1 10,783 5.5 48.2 24.6 9.7 3.5 8.0 53.7 45.8
1976[5] 92.2 11,533 4.6 47.3 25.9 10.6 2.6 8.9 51.9 45.4
1979[6] 91.1 11,745 4.9 49.0 18.9 10.3 3.0 13.5 53.9 42.7
1982[7] 91.9 12,039 5.2 52.1 1.3 16.1 5.7 4.1 15.4 57.3 37.2
1985[8] 91.0 12,030 4.8 51.8 1.2 16.2 12.7 12.9 56.6 41.8
1988[9] 87.3 11,624 6.0 50.0 3.6 12.7 11.3 5.2 10.8 59.6 34.8
1991[10] 88.8 12,111 5.0 43.0 2.0 9.6 8.3 9.8 15.0 7.0 48.0 42.7
1994[11] 87.8 12,127 7.3 50.9 4.0 8.0 6.8 6.5 14.5 1.4 61.2 35.8
1998[12] 82.8 11,489 13.0 43.6 3.3 5.9 4.2 12.1 15.9 59.9 38.1
2002[13] 82.4 11,573 7.8 48.5 3.1 7.2 9.3 10.4 10.1 2.2 59.4 37.0
2006[14] 84.6 12,011 4.7 47.3 2.9 7.4 6.1 8.9 16.5 4.4 54.9 38.9
2010[15] 86.6 13,022 4.2 41.1 4.7 5.2 6.3 6.9 23.4 7.2 50.0 41.8
2014[16] 87.7 13,529 4.3 38.2 5.0 5.1 5.0 5.8 18.0 16.3 47.5 33.9
2018[17] 88.6 13,948 5.6 32.6 2.7 7.1 5.0 8.0 16.9 21.1 47.9 50.9
2022[18] 86.9 14,141 4.3 33.2 2.6 5.6 4.7 5.6 17.3 25.6 45.6 53.2

Twin towns

Kumla's three twin towns with the year of its establishing:

  1. (1968) Frederikssund Municipality, Denmark Denmark
  2. (1981) Sipoo (Sibbo), Finland Finland
  3. (1988) Aurskog-Høland, Norway Norway

References

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Valresultat 2022 för Kumla i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  5. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  6. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  7. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  8. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  9. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  10. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  11. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  12. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  13. ↑ "Kumla - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  14. ↑ "Kumla - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  15. ↑ "Kumla - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  16. ↑ "Kumla - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  17. ↑ "Kumla - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  18. ↑ "Kumla - Röster Val 2022" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
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