Värnamo Municipality
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| Värnamo kommun | |
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| County | Jönköping County |
| Province | Småland |
| Seat | Värnamo |
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| Area • Total area • Land area |
78th of 290 1,391.24 km² 1,222.75 km² |
| Population • Total |
72nd of 290 32,841 inhabitants |
| Density • Total |
144th of 290 26.9 inhabitants/km² |
| Website | http://www.varnamo.se/ |
| Area and population as of December 31, 2006 | |
Värnamo Municipality (Värnamo kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County in southern Sweden, where the town Värnamo is seat.
The municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Värnamo (itself instituted in 1920) was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities to form an entity of unitary type. There are fourteen original units making up the present municipality.
[edit] Localities
There are 9 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Värnamo 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 |
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| 1 | Värnamo | 18,469 |
| 2 | Rydaholm | 1,554 |
| 3 | Forsheda | 1,486 |
| 4 | Bredaryd | 1,440 |
| 5 | Bor | 1,333 |
| 6 | Horda | 364 |
| 7 | Lanna | 349 |
| 8 | Kärda | 309 |
| 9 | Hånger | 305 |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Värnamo Municipality - Official site
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