Nässjö Municipality

Nässjö Municipality Nässjö kommun
Municipality
Nässjö city hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 57°39′N 14°41′E
Country	Sweden
County	Jönköping County
Seat	Nässjö
Area
• Total	988.49 km2 (381.66 sq mi)
• Land	930.29 km2 (359.19 sq mi)
• Water	58.2 km2 (22.5 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	31,648
• Density	32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Småland
Municipal code	0682
Website	www.nassjo.se

Nässjö Municipality (Nässjö kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden where the town Nässjö is situated.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Nässjö (instituted in 1914) was amalgamated with five surrounding municipalities.

Localities

There are 11 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Nässjö 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
1	Nässjö	16,463
2	Bodafors	1,982
2	Forserum	1,982
4	Malmbäck	1,016
5	Anneberg	874
6	Solberga	419
7	Grimstorp	385
8	Fredriksdal	318
9	Äng	301
10	Flisby	215
11	Stensjön	208

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Nässjö 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 31,732 residents, including 22,963 Swedish citizens of voting age. 43.3% voted for the left coalition and 55.5% 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 % % Anneberg 2,406 1,768 39.8 59.0 84 86 14 25,876 30 Barkeryd/Äng 1,420 1,066 33.1 65.8 90 93 7 27,667 31 Bodafors 2,099 1,432 42.5 56.5 70 72 28 21,693 25 Forserum 1,909 1,401 41.9 56.6 82 82 18 26,313 35 Grimstorp 1,989 1,595 35.5 63.2 85 90 10 26,178 33 Handskerud 2,436 1,804 43.8 55.5 80 77 23 25,965 35 Ingsberg 2,024 1,514 47.3 52.1 87 80 20 26,660 42 Malmbäck 2,104 1,517 38.5 60.4 85 84 16 25,630 30 Norrboda 2,466 1,545 51.0 46.5 68 50 50 21,729 30 Nyhem 2,145 1,553 44.7 54.1 77 73 27 25,579 33 Nässjö C 2,153 1,707 49.3 49.5 74 70 30 20,956 33 Nässjö rural 1,493 1,198 34.5 64.4 88 94 6 29,253 36 Runneryd 2,797 1,660 57.5 40.6 63 35 65 18,648 24 Södergården 2,071 1,563 46.4 52.1 80 75 25 23,945 32 Åker 2,220 1,640 41.1 57.6 89 83 17 28,000 38 Source: SVT

Sister cities

Nässjö has had two sister cities since the 1940s: Brønderslev in Denmark and Eidsberg in Norway.

References

• Official webpage, history section (parts in Swedish)
• Statistics Sweden

External links

• Nässjö Municipality - Official site
• Coat of arms