Nybro Municipality

Nybro Municipality
Nybro kommun
—  Municipality  —

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Kalmar County
Seat Nybro
Area[1]
 • Total 1,207.1739 km2 (466.1 sq mi)
 • Land 1,177.1139 km2 (454.5 sq mi)
 • Water 30.06 km2 (11.6 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population (June 30, 2010)[2]
 • Total 19,594
 • Density 16.2/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Småland
Municipal code 0881
Website www.nybro.se

Nybro Municipality (Nybro kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the town Nybro.

The amalgamation of the City of Nybro (instituted in 1932) with its surrounding municipalities took place in 1969.

The municipality was inhabited by a few hundred people until the railways came in the late 19th century, and the town Nybro was in its location between Kalmar on the east coast and Gothenburg on the west coast; later also on the railway from Kalmar and Malmö in the south-west. Until then Nybro mostly consisted of minor industries, marked by its traditionally Småland forest nature, largely unsuitable for any agriculture. The most notable were a match factory; apart from that Nybro was also the easternmost part of the Glasriket, Kingdom of Crystal, that covers a total of four municipalities and has had many glass blowers, most notably Orrefors, Emmaboda and Kosta Boda.

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Localities

There are 9 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Nybro 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 Nybro 12,598
2 Orrefors 696
3 Alsterbro 462
4 Örsjö 373
5 Kristvallabrunn 262
6 Flygsfors 255
7 Bäckebo 241
8 Målerås 228
9 Flerohopp 209

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