Jönköping Municipality

Jönköping Municipality (Swedish: Jönköpings kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden. The city of Jönköping is the municipal seat. The municipality is situated by the southern end of lake Vättern.

Jönköping Municipality
Jönköpings kommun
Municipality
Jönköping City Hall
Jönköping City Hall
Coat of arms of Jönköping Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 57°47′N 14°12′E
CountrySweden
CountyJönköping County
SeatJönköping
Area
[1]
 • Total1,925.02 km2 (743.25 sq mi)
 • Land1,480.36 km2 (571.57 sq mi)
 • Water444.66 km2 (171.68 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2021)[2]
 • Total143,579
 • Density75/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceSmåland
Municipal code0680
Websitewww.jonkoping.se

Historical background

The area of the present municipality consists of more than 20 original municipal entities, among them three former cities. In 1952 the number of units was reduced to 13. The present municipality was created in connection with the nationwide local government reform of 1971.

Localities

There are 17 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Jönköping Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2015. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#LocalityPopulationNotes
1Jönköping93,797includes Huskvarna, Hovslätt, Lockebo and Norrahammar
2Bankeryd8,506includes Trånghalla
3Taberg4,486includes Månsarp
4Tenhult3,112
5Gränna2,726
6Odensjö2,646includes Barnarp
7Kaxholmen1,561
8Lekeryd788
9Bottnaryd717
10Kortebo512
11Skärstad433
12Ölmstad401
13Örserum356
14Tunnerstad322
15Öggestorp238
16Gissebo204
17Ryd200

Sport

International Floorball Federation was founded in the eastern part of Jönköping, in Huskvarna, 1986.[3]

Twin towns – sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Jönköping is twinned with:[4]

See also

References
  1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  3. IFF Today and History in short
  4. "Vänorter och sistercity" (in Swedish). Jönköpings kommun. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
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