Everything about Gotland Municipality totally explained
Gotland Municipality (
Gotlands kommun) is a
municipality that covers the entire
island of
Gotland in
Sweden. The
city of
Visby is the municipality's seat.
History
On
December 31,
1951 there were 93
local government units on the island of Gotland, among them one
city (
Visby), one
market town (
Slite), one county council and a lot of rural municipalities, many of them with less than 100 inhabitants.
Twenty years later the situation was totally different.
The first of the two nation-wide local government reforms in Sweden during the
20th century was implemented on
January 1,
1952. From that date on, the rural municipalities on the island were regrouped into twelve new enlarged municipalities, which together with Visby, Slite and the Gotland County Council formed the new administrative pattern.
After ten years it was clear that this reform hadn't been radical enough and the work began preparing for the next one.
On
January 1,
1971 the second and last local government reform was implemented in Sweden. All administrative and judicial differences between rural and urban areas were abolished. Only one type of municipality (
kommun) existed from that date on. In the case of Gotland all the former entities were united into one single unit. As there was only one municipality in the county, also the County Council was abolished and merged into the new unitary municipality.
Localities
There are 16
urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Gotland 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.
Politics
Election results
2002:
Election results
2006:
Region
Main article County Councils of Sweden
When Gotland was made into a single municipality in the
1970s, the
county council was abolished and its responsibilities transferred to the municipality, making it a
unitary authority. During a trial period some of the authority normally held by the
Gotland County Administrative Board, an agency of the national government, has also been devolved to the Gotland Municipality, as well as to two mainland councils. The municipality of Gotland is there for in this respect also a region. It has responsibility for the
public healthcare system and
public transport.
Events organised by the municipality
The municipality coordinates the annual
Almedalen Week (
Almedalsveckan), an important meetingplace for everyone involved in
Swedish politics. During the week, representatives from the political parties in the
Parliament of Sweden take turns to hold speeches in the
Almedalen park in
Visby.
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