Västervik Municipality is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the city of Västervik.The present municipality was created in 1971, when the former City of Västervik was amalgamated with eight surrounding rural municipalities.LocalitiesThere are 11 urban areas (also called localities, Swedish: tätorter) in Västervik 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.Government and politicsDistribution of the 57 seats in the municipal council after the 2010 election:Moderate Party 21Social Democratic Party 21Centre Party 4Green Party 2Liberal People's Party 2Left Party 2Sweden Democrats 2Socialisterna 1Kommunpartiet VDM 1Christian Democrats 1 Results of the Swedish general election, 2010 in Västervik: