Älmhult Municipality
Älmhult Municipality
Älmhults kommun | ||
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Municipal code 0765 | | |
Website | www.almhult.se |
Älmhult Municipality (Älmhults kommun) is a municipality in central Kronoberg County in southern Sweden, where the town of Älmhult is seat.
In 1901 Älmhult was detached from Stenbrohult and made a market town (köping). The present municipality was created by the local government reform of 1971, when Älmhult was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities.
Of historical significance is that the
Allegedly, the area has a variety of different specimens of plants, likely to trigger the interest of a botanical minded youngster. The geography is probably not distinguished from its neighbouring municipalities however. Like all Småland municipalities they contain a variety of lakes, streams and above all forests.
The first IKEA store was opened in Älmhult, by Ingvar Kamprad. Ingvar grew up in the municipality.
Localities
There are 5 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Älmhult Municipality.
In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2014.[3] The municipal seat is in bold characters.
# | Locality | Population |
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1 | Älmhult | 9,374 |
2 | Diö | 899 |
3 | Liatorp | 527 |
4 | Eneryda | 323 |
5 | Delary | 208 |
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Älmhult Municipality's electoral districts in the
In total there were 17,950 residents, including 12,132 Swedish citizens of voting age.[4] 45.3% voted for the left coalition and 53.5% 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 |
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% | % | ||||||||
Centrum | 1,421 | 987 | 50.1 | 49.1 | 76 | 62 | 38 | 23,316 | 42 |
Diö-Stenbrohult | 1,918 | 1,363 | 43.9 | 55.2 | 84 | 82 | 18 | 26,965 | 38 |
Froafälle | 1,576 | 1,131 | 47.0 | 51.7 | 82 | 70 | 30 | 26,864 | 39 |
Gemön-Möckeln | 1,839 | 1,302 | 48.3 | 51.0 | 84 | 65 | 35 | 28,116 | 43 |
Göteryd | 1,594 | 1,188 | 34.3 | 64.3 | 82 | 83 | 17 | 24,561 | 32 |
Haganäs | 2,508 | 1,224 | 58.2 | 38.9 | 58 | 29 | 71 | 16,449 | 42 |
Häradsbäck | 1,368 | 1,031 | 33.4 | 65.1 | 87 | 88 | 12 | 25,949 | 35 |
Klöxhult | 2,174 | 1,395 | 45.6 | 53.6 | 85 | 71 | 29 | 31,303 | 47 |
Norregård | 1,850 | 1,212 | 45.9 | 53.9 | 89 | 71 | 29 | 34,917 | 57 |
Virestad-Eneryda | 1,702 | 1,299 | 46.5 | 52.3 | 83 | 84 | 16 | 24,702 | 30 |
Source: SVT[4] |
Notable natives
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Älmhult Kommun Fakta och statistik
- ^ SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
External links
- Älmhult Municipality - Official site
- Älmhult.com