Boxholm Municipality
Boxholm Municipality
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Municipal code 0560 | | |
| Website | www.boxholm.se | |
Boxholm Municipality (Swedish: Boxholms kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the industrial town of Boxholm.
The present municipality was formed in 1971, when the market town (köping) Boxholm (itself instituted in 1947) was amalgamated with Södra Göstring and a parish (Rinna) from the dissolved municipality of Folkunga.
Localities
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Boxholm Municipality's electoral districts in the
In total there were 5,511 residents, including 4,307 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 48.6% voted for the left coalition and 50.0% 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
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Degree |
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| Boxholm V | 2,169 | 1,672 | 49.1 | 49.5 | 82 | 83 | 17 | 26,033 | 25 |
| Boxholm Ö-Malexander | 1,999 | 1,574 | 51.9 | 46.8 | 81 | 89 | 11 | 23,877 | 30 |
| Strålsnäs-Åsbo-Ekeby | 1,343 | 1,061 | 43.6 | 55.4 | 84 | 94 | 6 | 26,288 | 32 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
History
The earliest human traces are from the Stone Age, circa 8000 BC. From some later times, the Nordic Bronze Age, are several remains such as cists and gravefields. And from the Viking Age, ca 800–1,000 AD, are seven kept runestones.
After the
The name "Boxholm" is first to be found in the 16th century, as the name of a manor by Arvid Stenbock. Boxholm thus comes from "Bock's holm" (holm a modern Swedish and Old Norse word for islet).
An iron works was constructed in 1754, and a community grew up around it. The major expansion were however made in the 1850–1900.
See also
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.
- ^ SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
External links
Media related to Boxholm Municipality at Wikimedia Commons- Boxholm Municipality - Official site
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