Torsås Municipality () 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.
In total there were 7,107 residents, including 5,526 Swedish citizens of voting age. 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 % % Gullabo 632 471 44.4 54.6 77 84 16 22,181 33Söderåkra 1 1,450 1,122 37.1 61.7 79 85 15 22,998 32Söderåkra 2 1,705 1,320 42.8 56.2 77 88 12 23,299 36Torsås 1 1,519 1,196 36.5 62.3 84 91 9 24,568 28Torsås 2 1,801 1,417 41.7 56.8 76 84 16 21,888 25Source: SVT
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 tall and wide, and weighing , located in Gullabo.
References Statistics Sweden
External links
Torsås Municipality - Official site