Nora Municipality
Municipality in Örebro County, Sweden
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Nora Municipality (Swedish: Nora kommun) is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Nora.
Nora Municipality
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Nora Railway Station | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 59°31′N 15°02′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Örebro County |
| Seat | Nora |
| Area | |
• Total | 690.82 km2 (266.73 sq mi) |
| • Land | 618.49 km2 (238.80 sq mi) |
| • Water | 72.33 km2 (27.93 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 10,588 |
| • Density | 17.119/km2 (44.338/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Västmanland |
| Municipal code | 1884 |
| Website | www.nora.se |
The amalgamation leading to the present municipality took place already in 1967 and in 1971 the City of Nora became a unitary municipality.
Localities
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Nora Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]
In total there were 10,707 residents, including 8,277 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[3] 48.0% voted for the left coalition and 50.1% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Dalsta-Born | 1,501 | 1,202 | 48.7 | 49.9 | 83 | 84 | 16 | 26,193 | 42 |
| Gyttorp-Viker | 1,467 | 1,111 | 45.1 | 53.3 | 76 | 81 | 19 | 23,903 | 24 |
| Hagby-Esstorp | 1,525 | 1,189 | 50.3 | 48.1 | 84 | 84 | 16 | 24,369 | 38 |
| Hitorp-Alntorp | 1,661 | 1,267 | 48.1 | 49.0 | 79 | 86 | 14 | 25,269 | 40 |
| Järnboås-Klacka | 724 | 587 | 43.0 | 53.9 | 82 | 85 | 15 | 24,687 | 38 |
| Karlsäng-Pershyttan | 1,436 | 1,082 | 52.8 | 45.8 | 74 | 76 | 24 | 21,164 | 31 |
| Torget-Gunnarsberg | 1,435 | 1,099 | 48.3 | 50.1 | 73 | 79 | 21 | 22,106 | 33 |
| Ås-Ringshyttan | 958 | 740 | 43.9 | 55.1 | 88 | 93 | 7 | 28,519 | 30 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
Riksdag elections
| Year | % | Votes | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD | NyD | Left | Right |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973[4] | 89.9 | 5,833 | 5.0 | 49.9 | 24.0 | 9.2 | 2.8 | 8.8 | 54.9 | 42.0 | |||
| 1976[5] | 91.5 | 6,277 | 3.9 | 49.0 | 25.8 | 9.7 | 2.2 | 9.3 | 52.9 | 44.8 | |||
| 1979[6] | 90.3 | 6,515 | 4.5 | 49.3 | 20.5 | 9.9 | 2.1 | 12.7 | 53.8 | 43.1 | |||
| 1982[7] | 91.1 | 6,683 | 4.4 | 53.0 | 2.1 | 16.8 | 6.0 | 2.2 | 15.6 | 57.4 | 38.4 | ||
| 1985[8] | 89.3 | 6,594 | 4.4 | 51.7 | 2.1 | 12.3 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 56.1 | 41.7 | |||
| 1988[9] | 85.5 | 6,327 | 5.8 | 49.3 | 5.9 | 10.9 | 11.7 | 3.5 | 12.6 | 61.0 | 35.2 | ||
| 1991[10] | 86.0 | 6,585 | 5.6 | 42.2 | 3.4 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 15.6 | 7.8 | 47.8 | 40.4 | |
| 1994[11] | 86.5 | 6,754 | 7.0 | 50.4 | 5.4 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 4.2 | 16.2 | 1.1 | 62.8 | 35.5 | |
| 1998[12] | 81.4 | 6,332 | 14.1 | 42.1 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 11.4 | 16.2 | 60.4 | 37.8 | ||
| 2002[13] | 79.5 | 6,273 | 9.1 | 45.2 | 4.0 | 7.8 | 11.3 | 8.9 | 11.0 | 1.4 | 58.3 | 39.0 | |
| 2006[14] | 81.1 | 6,362 | 5.5 | 43.1 | 4.6 | 9.0 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 18.6 | 4.1 | 53.2 | 40.5 | |
| 2010[15] | 84.9 | 6,745 | 4.5 | 40.4 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 24.2 | 5.8 | 51.0 | 42.3 | |
| 2014[16] | 85.9 | 6,924 | 5.4 | 39.5 | 5.1 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 16.4 | 15.4 | 50.0 | 31.4 | |
| 2018[17] | 86.9 | 6,922 | 6.3 | 33.7 | 3.4 | 8.9 | 3.6 | 6.3 | 14.7 | 21.2 | 52.3 | 46.0 |
Twin towns
Nora's twin towns with the year of its establishing:
See also
- Nora, Indianapolis (named after Nora in Sweden)
- Nora Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota
- Nora Township, Pope County, Minnesota
