Alvesta Municipality

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Not to be confused with Avesta Municipality in central Sweden.

Alvesta kommun

County	Kronoberg County
Province	Småland
Seat	Alvesta

Area • Total area • Land area	108th of 290 1,076.74 km² 977.76 km²
Population • Total	127th of 290 18,741 inhabitants
Density • Total	176th of 290 19.2 inhabitants/km²
Website	http://www.alvesta.se/
Area and population as of December 31, 2006

Alvesta Municipality (Alvesta kommun) is a municipality in Kronoberg County, southern Sweden. Its seat is in Alvesta.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the market town (köping) Alvesta (instituted in 1945) was amalgamated with four surrounding rural municipalities. Amalgamations had also taken place in 1952 and 1963. The number of original local government entities within the present municipality is twelve.

The municipal arms are from 1951 and depict three bees and a winged wheel. This symbolizes the railroad that is so vital for the industry, while the bees signify the hard-working spirit that the locals pride themselves with.

The municipality boasts nature areas and is suitable for fishing, canoeing or playing golf.

The mansion of Huseby is a popular place to visit, located some 15 kilometers south of the town Alvesta, and hosts a couple of museums. There are also old churches scattered around the municipality, some with medieval foundations, among them the Alvesta Church.

1 Localities
2 Notable natives
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Localities

There are 6 urban areas (or tätort) in Alvesta 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	Alvesta	7,647
2	Moheda	1,852
3	Vislanda	1,773
4	Grimslöv	638
5	Torpsbruk	354
6	Hjortsberga	229

[edit] Notable natives

Some well-known natives of Alvesta are the national famous magician Joe Labero and the ATP tennis player Jonas Björkman. The former world #1 in the same sport, Mats Wilander, was originally from Torpsbruk in the north part of the municipality.