Aneby Municipality

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**Aneby Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Jönköping County in Sweden; Aneby in north-east Map outlining the municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Aneby
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	County	Jönköping County
	Province	Smalandia
	Area Rank	520 km² 169th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	6,624 x of 290
	Population density	13/km²

Aneby Municipality is a municipality in Jönköping County in southern Sweden, where the town Aneby (pop. 4,000) is the seat.

[edit] Geography

It is the northernmost municipality in the district Småland and is mainly a forest area with some agriculture, traversed by small rivers.

Most of the forest is part of the Swedish t of coniferous forest, mostly consisting of spruces and blueberries.

[edit] Demography

Aneby is the smallest municipality in the county. In 1994, the population in the municipality was at an all time high of 7,300 persons, which is attributed to refugees from former Yugoslavia. The population has since decreased, to the regret of the officials who are promoting to get it populated to the 8,000 inhabitants its service is designated for.