Karlshamn Municipality ( Karlshamns kommun ) is a municipality in Blekinge County in South Sweden in southern Sweden . It borders to Olofström Municipality , Sölvesborg Municipality , Ronneby Municipality and Tingsryd Municipality . The city of Karlshamn is the seat of the municipality.
8-552: 1863 at the time of first municipal legislation in Sweden, the area was divided into the City of Karlshamn and five rural municipalities. 1881 a further subdivision was made by Asarum into Ringamåla. The administrative reform in 1952 reduced the number of municipalities surrounding the town to Hällaryd (Hällaryds plus Åryds municipalities), Asarum (reunition of Asarum and Ringamåla), Mörrum (municipalities Elleholm plus Mörrum). In 1/1 1967
16-436: A trend exists among some botanists to segregate the genus into separate genera, based on considerations of chromosome number and floral morphology: Study of the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA , combined with morphological data, has yielded a better-resolved phylogenetic hypothesis, supporting a recognition of two subgenera, Asarum and Heterotropa each containing two sections, rather than
24-807: Is a genus of plants in the birthwort family Aristolochiaceae , commonly known as wild ginger . Asarum is from Greek ἄσαρον , a name for Asarum europaeum . Asarum is a genus of low-growing herbs distributed across the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere, with most species in East Asia (China, Japan, and Vietnam) and North America, and one species in Europe. Biogeographically, Asarum originated in Asia. They have characteristic kidney-shaped leaves, growing from creeping rhizomes, and bear small, axillary , brown or reddish flowers. The plant
32-482: Is called wild ginger because the rhizomes and leaves taste and smell similar to ginger root, but the two are not particularly related. The FDA warns against consuming Asarum , as it is nephrotoxic and contains the potent carcinogen aristolochic acid . The birthwort family also contains the genus Aristolochia , known for carcinogens . Wild ginger favors moist, shaded sites with humus -rich soil. The deciduous, heart-shaped leaves are opposite, and borne from
40-437: The rhizome which lies just under the soil surface. Two leaves emerge each year from the growing tip. The curious jug-shaped flowers , which give the plant an alternate name, little jug , are borne singly in spring between the leaf bases. Wild ginger can easily be grown in a shade garden , and makes an attractive groundcover . Traditionally, the genus Asarum was considered as a single genus with about 85 species. However,
48-482: The right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. The municipal tax is deducted as a percentage of individual citizens income. It is 21.89% 2009. The average personal income in the municipality was 158594 SEK year 2009. This is 96% of the national average ( SCB ). The council also derives income from the municipal harbour, the energy services etc. Parishes ordered by city and hundreds : Asarum See text Asarum
56-475: The second largest municipality in Blekinge County. This is a demographic table based on Karlshamn 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 32,182 residents, including 24,986 Swedish citizens of voting age. 44.4 % voted for the left coalition and 54.5 % for
64-621: The town of Karlshamn was united with Asarum, Hällaryd och Mörrum to form the present municipality when all local government units in Sweden became municipalities of unitary type.. There are 6 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Karlshamn Municipality. In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2010. The municipal seat is in bold characters. In total, just above 32,000 people live in Karlshamn, which makes it
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