Mönsterås Municipality
Mönsterås Municipality
Mönsterås kommun | |
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| Coordinates: 57°02′N 16°27′E / 57.033°N 16.450°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Kalmar County |
| Seat | Mönsterås |
| Area | |
• Total | 941.04 km2 (363.34 sq mi) |
| • Land | 599.46 km2 (231.45 sq mi) |
| • Water | 341.58 km2 (131.88 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2024) | |
• Total | 13,069 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (36/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Småland |
| Municipal code | 0861 |
| Website | www.monsteras.se |
Mönsterås Municipality (Swedish: Mönsterås kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat located in the town Mönsterås.
Mönsterås was an original market town köping, which in 1952 was united with the rural municipality by the same name. By the local government reform of 1971 it became a municipality of unitary type and amalgamated with Fliseryd and Ålem in 1974.
The municipal arms show the ridge which the town centre with its church has been situated on since the medieval age. The cross symbolizes the Knights Hospitallers, a monastic order that was built in the town in the fifteenth century and had a large influence on its development. It is an etymological design showing the origin of the name of the municipality: Mönster comes from monastery while ås means ridge.