Östra Göinge Municipality

Östra Göinge Municipality (Östra Göinge kommun) is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in Broby.

Östra Göinge Municipality

Östra Göinge kommun
Municipality
Östra Göinge municipal building
Coat of arms
CountrySweden
CountySkåne
SeatBroby
Area
 • Total451.15 km2 (174.19 sq mi)
 • Land431.96 km2 (166.78 sq mi)
 • Water19.19 km2 (7.41 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2019)[2]
 • Total15,007
 • Density33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceScania
Municipal code1256
Websitewww.ostragoinge.se

The present municipality was formed in 1974 when the former municipalities of Broby, Glimåkra, Hjärsås and Knislinge were amalgamated.

There are 8 smaller population centers (urban areas) in the municipality, where approximately 80 percent of the population lives, surrounded by sparsely populated rural areas.

Geography

Östra Göinge Municipality is part of Göinge, a region in northern Scania which borders the provinces Småland and Blekinge. The landscape is gently undulating and densely forested with deciduous and coniferous trees, interspersed with open areas of flat and fertile agricultural land. Even though this is a typical northern Scanian landscape, Östra Göinge's abundance of small forest tarns, winding brooks and large lakes make it similar to the province Småland as well. The large, scenic river Helgeån runs through the municipality, offering ample opportunities for fishing of pike, perch and pike-perch, as well as brown trout, eel, whitefish and chub.

History

The Snapphane, Scanian resistance fighters of 17th century, took refuge in the forests of Östra Göinge. Considered rebels and bandits by the Swedish army, the Snapphanar were protected by the local population and their bravery is still cherished in the municipality. All of Göingebygden endured hardship and suffered devastation during the times after the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658, during Scania's transition from being a Danish to becoming a Swedish ruled territory.

The dialect of Göingebygden has historically been distinguishable from the southern Scanian dialects as well as the northern Småland dialects, perhaps because the population took pride in the area's historical autonomy and resilient resistance.

The coat of arms for Östra Göinge depicts two palm branches crossing each other, a traditional symbol of peace and unity designed for and given to the area after it became Swedish. The lower part of the coat of arms depicts hammers, and was added when the municipality was joined with an adjacent municipality in 1976.

Localities

There are 8 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Östra Göinge Municipality. In the table they are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#LocalityPopulation
1Knislinge3,016
2Broby2,931
3Glimåkra1,483
4Sibbhult1,383
5Hanaskog1,316
6Immeln291
7Hjärsås233
8Östanå221

Elections

Below are the results listed from since the 1973 municipal reform. Between 1988 and 1998 the Sweden Democrats' results were not published by the SCB due to the party's small size nationwide. "Turnout" denotes the percentage of the electorate casting a ballot, but "Votes" only applies to valid ballots cast.

Riksdag
Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND
1973[3] 91.9 9,046 3.1 52.1 0.0 26.1 6.3 2.4 10.0 0.0 0.0
1976[4] 92.1 9,583 2.5 51.7 0.0 24.4 8.0 2.0 11.3 0.0 0.0
1979[5] 91.2 9,734 2.7 52.9 0.0 18.2 8.9 1.7 14.9 0.0 0.0
1982[6] 91.8 9,857 2.9 54.9 1.3 16.2 5.5 2.0 16.9 0.0 0.0
1985[7] 89.6 9,700 3.5 55.1 0.7 14.4 10.7 0.0 15.4 0.0 0.0
1988[8] 85.7 9,244 3.8 56.1 4.3 11.6 8.7 3.1 12.1 0.0 0.0
1991[9] 86.3 9,362 3.2 48.5 1.9 9.0 5.2 6.9 14.8 0.0 8.3
1994[10] 86.5 9,371 4.6 57.7 3.9 8.0 3.8 4.0 16.0 0.0 1.2
1998[11] 79.4 8,334 11.8 47.1 3.7 5.7 2.7 11.0 16.3 0.0 0.0
2002[12] 78.2 8,038 7.3 49.0 3.4 6.9 7.8 9.3 12.5 2.1 0.0
2006[13] 80.2 8,233 3.7 46.0 2.7 8.2 5.7 7.0 18.6 5.9 0.0
2010[14] 83.6 8,645 3.5 36.4 4.3 6.2 6.0 4.2 24.8 13.7 0.0
2014[15] 85.5 8,855 3.3 35.8 3.7 5.8 3.1 3.7 16.4 26.0 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 are 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 91.9 9,046 55.2 42.4 0.0 2.4 97.6
1976 92.1 9,583 54.2 43.7 0.0 2.0 98.0
1979 91.2 9,734 55.6 42.0 0.0 2.4 97.6
1982 91.8 9,857 57.8 38.6 0.0 3.6 96.4
1985 89.6 9,700 58.6 40.5 0.0 0.9 99.1
1988 85.7 9,244 64.2 32.4 0.0 5.4 94.6
1991 86.3 9,362 51.7 35.9 0.0 12.4 96.0
1994 86.5 9,371 66.2 31.8 0.0 2.0 98.0
1998 79.4 8,334 62.6 35.7 0.0 1.7 98.3
2002 78.2 8,038 59.7 36.5 0.0 3.8 96.2
2006 80.2 8,233 52.4 39.5 0.0 8.1 91.9
2010 83.6 8,645 44.2 41.2 13.7 0.9 99.1
2014 85.5 8,855 42.8 29.0 26.0 2.2 97.8

Industry

A famous, very fine-grained black diabase is mined in Östra Göinge. Because of the extremely high quality of the diabase from this area, it is in high demand worldwide and has become popular with artists all over the globe, one of the more well-known being Takashi Naraha from Japan. It is primarily used for gravestones, monuments, sculptures, and other forms of stone artworks, but also to decorate buildings. The Empire State Building is partly covered with diabase from the area and the US Marine Corps War Memorial has a foundation of diabase from Göingebygden.

Scania AB and Tarkett have a presence in Östra Göinge.

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 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
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  11. "Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 37)" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
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  13. "Valresultat Riksdag Östra Göinge kommun 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  14. "Valresultat Riksdag Östra Göinge kommun 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  15. "Valresultat Riksdag Östra Göinge kommun 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

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