Åtvidaberg Municipality

Åtvidaberg Municipality
Åtvidabergs kommun
—  Municipality  —

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Östergötland County
Seat Åtvidaberg
Area[1]
 • Total 784.32 km2 (302.8 sq mi)
 • Land 690.42 km2 (266.6 sq mi)
 • Water 93.9 km2 (36.3 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population (June 30, 2010)[2]
 • Total 11,507
 • Density 14.7/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Östergötland and Småland
Municipal code 0561
Website www.atvidaberg.se

Åtvidaberg Municipality (Åtvidabergs kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeastern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Åtvidaberg, with some 7,000 inhabitants.

The present municipality was established in 1971 when the market town (köping) of Åtvidaberg (instituted in 1947) was amalgamated with its surrounding rural municipalities. A part of the present territory was transferred from Kalmar County.

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Notability

The Åtvidabergs Vagnfabrik (Wagon Factory), was founded 1910 konstructed early car. A total of 12 cars were made. They resembled the American carriage with large wheels.

The Åtvidaberg church "Nya Kyrkan" (The new church) is from the 1870s in neo-Gothic. The remains of a 17th century church was also of interest but it was rebuilt and is now functioning as church again "Gamla Kyrkan" (The old church).

References

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (in Swedish) (Microsoft Excel). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0802/2010A01/mi0802tab3_2010.xls. Retrieved 2010-08-21. 
  2. ^ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____244147.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 

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Localities in Åtvidaberg Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden
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