Nybro Municipality
| Nybro Municipality Nybro kommun | ||
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| Municipality | ||
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| Country | Sweden | |
| County | Kalmar County | |
| Seat | Nybro | |
| Area[1] | ||
| • Total | 1,207.1739 km2 (466.0924 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,177.1139 km2 (454.4862 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 30.06 km2 (11.61 sq mi) | |
| Area as of January 1, 2010. | ||
| Population (June 30, 2012)[2] | ||
| • Total | 19,594 | |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| 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.
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 |
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| 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 |
References
- ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ↑ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2012" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
See also
- The Bäckebo Bomb
External links
- Official site
- (Swedish) Article Nybro from Nordisk Familjebok
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Coordinates: 56°44′N 15°54′E / 56.733°N 15.900°E