Eskilstuna Municipality

Eskilstuna Municipality
Eskilstuna kommun
Municipality
Eskilstuna town hall
Eskilstuna town hall
Coat of arms of Eskilstuna Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°22′N 16°31′E / 59.367°N 16.517°E / 59.367; 16.517
CountrySweden
CountySödermanland County
SeatEskilstuna
Area
[1]
 • Total1,250.49 km2 (482.82 sq mi)
 • Land1,099.87 km2 (424.66 sq mi)
 • Water150.62 km2 (58.15 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total107,468
 • Density86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceSödermanland
Municipal code0484
Websitewww.eskilstuna.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Eskilstuna Municipality (Swedish: Eskilstuna kommun) is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden, between Lake Mälaren and Lake Hjälmaren. The seat of the municipality is in the city of Eskilstuna.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 by the merger of the City of Eskilstuna, the City of Torshälla and five rural municipalities. It is the largest municipality in the Sörmland region in terms of population, having more than 1/3 of the overall county population.

Geography

Eskilstuna Municipality is an inland municipality, although the low-lying Mälaren renders the lengthy lakeshore to be at 1 metre (3.3 ft) above sea level.[3] The highest point is at Tyckenhed in the southwest of the municipality at 114 metres (374 ft) above sea level.[4]

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Eskilstuna Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[5]

In total there were 78,420 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[5] 47.5% voted for the left coalition and 51.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Elections

Riksdag

These are the results of the Riksdag elections of Eskilstuna Municipality since the 1972 municipality reform. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not published by SCB between 1988 and 1998 at a municipal level to the party's small nationwide size at the time. "Votes" denotes valid votes, whereas "Turnout" denotes also blank and invalid votes.

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND
1973[6] 91.5 55,242 4.5 52.3 0.0 19.9 11.0 1.6 10.3 0.0 0.0
1976[7] 92.2 57,466 3.4 51.8 0.0 18.5 12.6 1.3 12.1 0.0 0.0
1979[8] 91.1 56,858 4.0 53.6 0.0 13.1 12.0 1.1 15.6 0.0 0.0
1982[9] 91.9 57,768 4.1 56.0 1.6 10.9 6.8 1.5 18.9 0.0 0.0
1985[10] 89.9 57,305 4.4 54.9 1.3 8.1 14.1 0.0 16.9 0.0 0.0
1988[11] 85.0 54,494 4.9 52.3 4.5 7.4 13.3 2.3 14.1 0.0 0.0
1991[12] 85.3 54,763 4.0 46.4 2.7 5.7 9.8 5.9 17.5 0.0 7.2
1994[13] 85.9 55,238 5.6 54.2 4.5 4.8 7.1 3.2 17.8 0.0 1.3
1998[14] 79.7 50,641 11.5 44.9 4.8 3.5 4.3 10.0 18.9 0.0 0.0
2002[15] 77.4 50,404 7.7 47.7 4.9 4.4 12.6 7.5 12.2 1.3 0.0
2006[16] 79.6 53,595 5.4 44.1 5.4 6.0 6.9 5.8 21.6 2.8 0.0
2010[17] 83.3 58,588 5.4 35.9 7.9 4.6 6.7 4.4 26.2 7.9 0.0
2014[18] 84.0 61,217 5.4 35.5 6.1 4.3 4.4 3.6 21.3 16.6 0.0

Blocs

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985, and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but is still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party. "Elected" is the total number of percentage points from the municipality that went to parties who were elected to the Riksdag.

Year Turnout Votes Left Right SD Other Elected
1973 91.5 55,242 56.8 41.2 0.0 2.0 98.0
1976 92.2 57,466 55.2 43.2 0.0 1.6 98.4
1979 91.1 56,858 57.6 40.7 0.0 1.7 98.3
1982 91.9 57,768 60.1 36.6 0.0 3.3 96.7
1985 89.9 57,305 59.3 39.1 0.0 1.6 98.4
1988 85.0 54,494 61.7 34.8 0.0 3.5 96.5
1991 85.3 54,763 50.4 38.9 0.0 11.7 96.5
1994 85.9 55,238 64.3 32.9 0.0 2.8 97.2
1998 79.7 50,641 61.2 36.7 0.0 2.1 97.9
2002 77.4 50,404 60.3 36.7 0.0 3.0 97.0
2006 79.6 53,595 54.9 40.3 0.0 4.8 95.2
2010 83.3 58,588 49.2 41.9 7.9 1.0 99.0
2014 84.0 61,217 47.0 33.6 16.6 2.8 97.2

Twin towns - Sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Eskilstuna is twinned with:[19]

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 och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Min Karta - 59°27'22.7"N 16°26'27.7"E" (in Swedish). Lantmäteriet. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Min Karta - 59°9'51.9"N 16°18'49"E" (in Swedish). Lantmäteriet. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Eskilstuna i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 162)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 157)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 181)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 182)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 183)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 164)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 23)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 37)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 34)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Eskilstuna kommun 2002" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Eskilstuna kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  17. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Eskilstuna kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  18. ^ "Valresultat Riksdag Eskilstuna kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  19. ^ Eskilstuna kommun - Internationellt - Vänorter
  20. ^ "Sadraudzības pilsētas". jurmala.lv. Retrieved 26 April 2014. (in Latvian and English)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eskilstuna Municipality.