Tingsryd Municipality

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**Tingsryd Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Sweden with Kronoberg Country highlighted Kronoberg, Tingsryd mun. in the southeast Map outlining the municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Tingsryd
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	County	Kronoberg County
	Province	Småland
	Area Rank	1,049 km² 101st of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	12,892 175th of 290
	Population density	12/km²

Tingsryd Municipality is a Swedish municipality in southern Sweden, located in southeastern Kronoberg County, where the town Tingsryd is seat with a population of 3,000. Tingsryd refers to itself as the "Horsecapital" because of a close connection to horses; they are housing nearly 2,000 horses. A recently inaugurated horse track is the only one in Europe being a mile (1609 meters) long.

[edit] Geography

Tingsryd 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.

Being sparsely populated, it is regarded as a safe environment far from urban stress.

[edit] Sights

In the forest near the town of Ryd there is a remotely located car cemetery with cars from 1930–1960. It is visited by some 1,000 people interested in curiosities every year.