Tingsryd Municipality
Tingsryd Municipality
Tingsryds kommun | ||
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Municipal code 0763 | | |
Website | www.tingsryd.se |
Tingsryd Municipality (Tingsryds kommun) is a municipality in Småland, southern Sweden, in southeastern Kronoberg County, where the town Tingsryd is seat.
The present municipality was formed by the local government reform of 1971 when the market town (köping) Tingsryd (instituted in 1921) was amalgamated with its surrounding entities.
Tingsryd is most famous for its hockey team Tingsryds AIF. The club has delivered several players to the NHL and are currently playing in Hockeyallsvenskan.
Tingsryd Municipality refers to itself as the "Horse Capital" because of a close connection to horses; they are housing nearly 2,000 horses. The new Tingsryd
Geography
Tingsryd Municipality is located in an area of traditional Mid-Sweden forestry, with some agriculture areas, and the geography is also taken up by many small lakes. Much of the population (38% estimated) of the municipality still live in rural areas, the rest live in almost equally populated small towns, without any densely populated central city in the municipality.
The
Localities
There are 7 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Tingsryd Municipality.
In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2018. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
# | Locality | Population[3] |
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1 | Tingsryd | 3,168 |
2 | Ryd | 1,468 |
3 | Urshult | 984 |
4 | Väckelsång | 970 |
5 | Konga | 494 |
6 | Linneryd | 463 |
7 | Rävemåla | 308 |
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Tingsryd Municipality's electoral districts in the
In total there were 12,299 residents, including 9,188 Swedish citizens of voting age.[4] 40.0% voted for the left coalition and 58.7% 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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% | % | ||||||||
Almundsryd | 2,177 | 1,642 | 35.6 | 63.2 | 75 | 76 | 24 | 21,766 | 22 |
S Sandsjö | 1,088 | 757 | 39.2 | 59.6 | 77 | 77 | 23 | 22,248 | 30 |
Tingsryd 1 | 1,588 | 1,161 | 43.2 | 55.4 | 73 | 72 | 28 | 23,276 | 26 |
Tingsryd 2 | 2,093 | 1,648 | 41.6 | 57.1 | 85 | 84 | 16 | 23,648 | 27 |
Urshult | 1,857 | 1,358 | 44.2 | 54.9 | 78 | 81 | 19 | 22,293 | 30 |
Väckelsång | 1,591 | 1,194 | 41.8 | 57.1 | 83 | 88 | 12 | 24,703 | 31 |
Älmeboda | 1,905 | 1,428 | 36.1 | 62.0 | 82 | 86 | 14 | 23,270 | 29 |
Source: SVT[4] |
Sights
In the forest near the town of
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.
- ^ "Tätorter". Statistiska Centralbyrån (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ^ SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
External links
- Tingsryd Municipality - Official site