Sävsjö Municipality

Sävsjö Municipality
Sävsjö kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Jönköping County
Seat Sävsjö
Area[1]
 • Total 729.23 km2 (281.56 sq mi)
 • Land 679.05 km2 (262.18 sq mi)
 • Water 50.18 km2 (19.37 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (June 30, 2016)[2]
 • Total 11,350
 • Density 16/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Småland
Municipal code 0684
Website www.savsjo.se
Train departing from Sävsjö station towards Malmö, with Sävsjö market place and Grand Hotel to the right.

Sävsjö Municipality (Sävsjö kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden where the town Sävsjö is seat.

The municipality was created by the local government reform of 1971, when the City of Sävsjö (instituted as late as 1947) was amalgamated with parts of two adjacent rural municipalities. Two years later it was completed when Hjälmseryd was added.

Geography

The municipality is located on the South Swedish highlands and comprise the old Västra Härad. It is considered a scenic place because the forests are not as dense as in the rest of Småland and the terrain is more varied.

History

The area has been inhabited since early stone age. Both archeological finds and the five medieval churches from the 12th century stands as reminiscence from those days. A few kilometers from where the town Sävsjö is located today, was for instance the centre of the old administrative court house called Västra Härad Court.

Today

Sävsjö Municipality is working hard to increase its population. It currently has a half-price offer when buying plots of land with the intention of building a house here.

Politically Sävsjö Municipality is a stronghold of the Kristdemokraterna, the Christian Democrats (12 mandates of 45), and for the Centerpartiet (10 mandates), a traditional farmers party. The largest party in the municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige is however still the Socialdemokraterna (13 mandates).

In contemporary Sweden today, Sävsjö Municipality is perhaps most known for the successful handball team Sävsjö HK.

Localities

There are four urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Sävsjö 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 Sävsjö 5,068
2 Vrigstad 1,432
3 Stockaryd 1,003
4 Rörvik 555

References

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 30 juni 2016" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.

Coordinates: 57°24′N 14°40′E / 57.400°N 14.667°E / 57.400; 14.667

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/26/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.