Torsås Municipality

Municipality in Kalmar County, Sweden

Torsås Municipality Torsås kommun
Municipality
Town hall
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 56°24′N 16°00′E / 56.400°N 16.000°E / 56.400; 16.000
Country	Sweden
County	Kalmar County
Seat	Torsås
Area ^[1]
• Total	605.23 km² (233.68 sq mi)
• Land	468.41 km² (180.85 sq mi)
• Water	136.82 km² (52.83 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	7,002
• Density	12/km² (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Småland
Municipal code	0834
Website	www.torsas.se

Torsås Municipality (Torsås kommun, Torsås meaning "Thor's ridge") is the southernmost municipality of Kalmar County, Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Torsås.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when "old" Torsås was merged with Söderåkra.

Geography

The geography consists mainly of forest, not uncommon in Småland province. Located by the Baltic Sea, it has been somewhat cultivated too and there are some plains.

Being sparsely populated, Torsås Municipality tries to attract people to settle there, boasting its nature and the advantages of a small municipality while being no more than 30 minutes away from the larger towns of Kalmar and Karlskrona.

Localities

There are 3 urban areas (tätorter), localities, in Torsås 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.

#	Locality	Population
1	Torsås	1,829
2	Bergkvara	974
3	Söderåkra	963

A part of the locality Brömsebro is also in the municipality.

Demographics

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

In total there were 7,107 residents, including 5,526 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 40.1 % voted for the left coalition and 58.6 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Gullabo

632

471

44.4

54.6

22,181

Söderåkra 1

1,450

1,122

37.1

61.7

22,998

Söderåkra 2

1,705

1,320

42.8

56.2

23,299

Torsås 1

1,519

1,196

36.5

62.3

24,568

Torsås 2

1,801

1,417

41.7

56.8

21,888

Source: SVT^[3]

Attractions

Points of interest in Torsås include a monument honouring the Treaty of Brömsebro between Denmark and Sweden in 1645, and the Garpen lighthouse, located on a small islet off the coast, where one can spend the night at a hostel. Those interested in curiosities might also find it worthwhile to have a look at the world's largest wooden ladle, measuring 4.64 metres (15.2 ft) tall and 1.07 metres (3 ft 6 in) wide, and weighing 350 kilograms (770 lb), located in Gullabo.

References

Statistics Sweden

^ "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.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Torsås i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2024.