Älmhult Municipality (Älmhults kommun) is a municipality in central Kronoberg County in southern Sweden. The town of Älmhult is its seat.
Älmhult Municipality
Älmhults kommun | |
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 Almhult railroad station | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 56°33′N 14°08′E / 56.550°N 14.133°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Kronoberg County |
| Seat | Älmhult |
| Area | |
• Total | 978.3667 km2 (377.7495 sq mi) |
| • Land | 890.9267 km2 (343.9887 sq mi) |
| • Water | 87.44 km2 (33.76 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 17,932 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Småland |
| Municipal code | 0765 |
| Website | www.almhult.se |
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 botanist Carl von Linné was born and grew up in the parish of Stenbrohult in the early 18th century. Today, the estate on which he was born and lived his first months has been turned into a museum at Råshult and is still surrounded by the same meadows and fields as 300 years ago.
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 other Småland municipalities, it contains a variety of lakes, streams and especially forests.
The first IKEA store was opened in Älmhult by Ingvar Kamprad, who grew up in the municipality.
Localities
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Älmhult | 9,374 |
| 2 | Diö | 899 |
| 3 | Liatorp | 527 |
| 4 | Eneryda | 323 |
| 5 | Delary | 208 |
Demographics
editThis is a demographic table based on Älmhult Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[4]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| 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
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edit- ^ "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
- ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Älmhult i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
External links
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- Älmhult Municipality - Official site
- Älmhult.com