Eksjö Municipality
Eksjö Municipality
Eksjö kommun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 57°40′N 14°58′E / 57.667°N 14.967°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Jönköping County |
| Seat | Eksjö |
| Area | |
| • Total | 873.29 km2 (337.18 sq mi) |
| • Land | 799.48 km2 (308.68 sq mi) |
| • Water | 73.81 km2 (28.50 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 17,750 |
| • Density | 20/km2 (53/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Småland |
| Municipal code | 0686 |
| Website | www.eksjo.se |
Eksjö Municipality (Eksjö kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden, where the town Eksjö is seat.
The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Eksjö was amalgamated with three neighboring municipalities.
Localities
[edit]There are 6 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Eksjö 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.
| # | Locality | Population |
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| 1 | Eksjö | 9,676 |
| 2 | Mariannelund | 1,554 |
| 3 | Ingatorp | 501 |
| 4 | Hult | 473 |
| 5 | Hjältevad | 345 |
| 6 | Bruzaholm | 274 |
Demographics
[edit]This is a demographic table based on Eksjö 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 17,823 residents, including 13,389 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 44.2% voted for the left coalition and 53.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Blåsippan | 1,360 | 885 | 50.8 | 45.2 | 68 | 58 | 42 | 20,500 | 36 |
| Gamla Stan | 2,033 | 1,519 | 53.0 | 44.2 | 74 | 68 | 32 | 20,226 | 38 |
| Grevhagen | 1,899 | 1,421 | 45.5 | 52.5 | 84 | 84 | 16 | 26,612 | 44 |
| Hult | 988 | 756 | 42.4 | 56.4 | 85 | 90 | 10 | 26,812 | 34 |
| Höreda | 1,530 | 1,208 | 38.5 | 60.3 | 91 | 96 | 4 | 28,873 | 36 |
| Ingatorp | 1,658 | 1,284 | 39.9 | 59.0 | 73 | 78 | 22 | 21,340 | 23 |
| Kaffekullen | 1,216 | 951 | 38.8 | 60.4 | 90 | 93 | 7 | 29,799 | 46 |
| Kvarnarp | 1,462 | 1,104 | 45.6 | 52.9 | 87 | 86 | 14 | 27,612 | 40 |
| Mariannelund | 1,938 | 1,347 | 46.1 | 51.6 | 73 | 77 | 23 | 21,475 | 25 |
| Norrtull | 1,482 | 1,117 | 47.0 | 51.1 | 82 | 82 | 18 | 26,457 | 42 |
| Sjöängen | 2,257 | 1,797 | 40.0 | 58.5 | 81 | 83 | 17 | 26,122 | 45 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
Natives
[edit]Albert Engström (1869-1940) was an author, poet and drawer and subsequently member of the Swedish Academy, who grew up in a small village outside of the city Eksjö.
Sister cities
[edit](See sister city.)
References
[edit]- ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Eksjö i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
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