Sölvesborg Municipality

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Sölvesborg Municipality is a municipality in Blekinge County in southern Sweden. It borders to Bromölla Municipality, Olofström Municipality and Karlshamn Municipality. The town Sölvesborg is the seat of the municipality.The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the City of Sölvesborg was amalgamated with the rural municipalities Gammalstorp and Mjällby.PoliticsThe Sölvesborg Party was formed ahead of the 2002 election by a group of former Green Party members. Party councillors are Dan Boberg and Bo Sandquist.In the 2002 elections the party got 4.7% of the votes (472 votes) and two seats in the municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige)In the 2006 elections the party got 2.7% of the votes (277 votes) and one seat in the municipal assembly.The municipality otherwise reflect the same political majorities as in its neighbouring municipalitiess of Bromölla, Olofström and Karlshamn.LocalitiesThere are 10 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Sölvesborg 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.