Emmaboda Municipality

Coordinates: 56°37′N 15°33′E / 56.617°N 15.550°E / 56.617; 15.550
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Emmaboda Municipality
Emmaboda kommun
Municipality
Municipal code
0862
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Emmaboda Municipality (Emmaboda kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, in south-eastern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Emmaboda.

The present municipality was formed in 1971, when the market town (köping) of Emmaboda (itself instituted in 1930) was amalgamated with three surrounding rural municipalities.

Geography

The municipality borders to the municipalities of

cities in its vicinity are Kalmar (pop. 35,170), Karlskrona (pop. 32,606), Växjö (pop. 55,600), and Nybro
(pop. 12,598).

It is part of

Kosta Boda
.

Those interested in nature activities will find many opportunities of fishing in the many lakes and streams stretching through the municipality.

Localities

There are 6 urban areas (also called a tätort or locality) in Emmaboda 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 Emmaboda 4,968
2 Vissefjärda 673
3 Johansfors 458
4 Långasjö 340
5 Eriksmåla 238
6 Boda glasbruk 201

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Emmaboda Municipality's electoral districts in the

SCB official statistics.[3]

In total there were 9,300 residents, including 6,884 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 47.3% voted for the left coalition and 51.3% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Culture

Swedish emigration to North America, written by Vilhelm Moberg that have spread around the world have put a focus on many places in the municipality mentioned in the novels. Moberg himself was born on a farm just north-west of the town Emmaboda in 1898, where a monument stone now stands since 1970. Nearby is also a small museum about the author. Duvemåla
, the village where Karl Oskar and Kristina, the fictional main characters of the novels live, is also located in the municipality.

Historically, the dense forests in this area were a centre for Nils Dacke's rebellion fights against King Gustav Vasa in the 16th century, causing the king great troubles for a while, until he sent down troops gathered from the other provinces of Sweden. Naturally, the area today contains several remains and folk museums in honour of this time.

Every year in August, Emmaboda hosts a music festival called Emmabodafestivalen. The festival bill consists of various indie acts, mostly Swedish. In 2006 acts like José González and Hello Saferide played. The Magic Numbers were scheduled to play, but were held up at an airport and could not make it.

Industry

The largest employer is

waste water treatment
and pumping (mining, construction, municipal and industrial markets), with some 1,400 employees in the municipality.

Sister cities

Emmaboda has seven

sister cities
; of these the municipality only has regular contact with the two listed at the bottom:

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 och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^
    SVT
    . 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

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