Jönköping Municipality

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Jönköping Municipality
Jönköpings kommun
Municipality
Jönköping City Hall
Jönköping City Hall
Coat of arms of Jönköping Municipality
Coat of arms
Jönköping Municipality in Jönköping County.png
Coordinates: 57°47′N 14°12′E / 57.783°N 14.200°E / 57.783; 14.200Coordinates: 57°47′N 14°12′E / 57.783°N 14.200°E / 57.783; 14.200
CountrySweden
CountyJönköping County
SeatJönköping
Area
[1]
 • Total1,925.02 km2 (743.25 sq mi)
 • Land1,480.36 km2 (571.57 sq mi)
 • Water444.66 km2 (171.68 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2019)[2]
 • Total141,081
 • Density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceSmåland
Municipal code0680
Websitewww.jonkoping.se

Jönköping Municipality (Swedish: Jönköpings kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden. The city Jönköping is the municipal seat. The municipality is situated by the southern end of lake Vättern.

Historical background[]

The area of the present municipality consists of more than twenty original municipal entities, among them three former cities. In 1952 the number of units was reduced to thirteen. The present municipality was created in connection with the nationwide local government reform of 1971.

Localities[]

There are 17 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Jönköping Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2015. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Locality Population Notes
1 Jönköping 93,797 includes Huskvarna, , and Norrahammar
2 Bankeryd 8,506 includes Trånghalla
3 Taberg 4,486 includes
4 Tenhult 3,112
5 Gränna 2,726
6 Odensjö 2,646 includes Barnarp
7 Kaxholmen 1,561
8 Lekeryd 788
9 Bottnaryd 717
10 512
11 Skärstad 433
12 Ölmstad 401
13 Örserum 356
14 Tunnerstad 322
15 Öggestorp 238
16 204
17 Ryd [sv] 200

Sport[]

International Floorball Federation was founded in the eastern part of Jönköping, in Huskvarna, 1986.[3]

Twin towns – sister cities[]

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Jönköping is twinned with:[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  3. ^ IFF Today and History in short
  4. ^ "Vänorter och sistercity" (in Swedish). Jönköpings kommun. Retrieved 2021-09-28.

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