Älmhult Municipality

Älmhult Municipality

*Älmhults kommun*
Älmhult Municipality Älmhults kommun
Municipality
	Almhult railroad station
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 56°33′N 14°08′E / 56.550°N 14.133°E
Country	Sweden
County	Kronoberg County
Seat	Älmhult
Area
• Total	978.3667 km2 (377.7495 sq mi)
• Land	890.9267 km2 (343.9887 sq mi)
• Water	87.44 km2 (33.76 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)
• Total	17,932
• Density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Småland
Municipal code	0765
Website	www.almhult.se

Älmhult Municipality (Älmhults kommun) is a municipality in central Kronoberg County in southern Sweden. The town of Älmhult is its seat.

In 1901, Älmhult was detached from Stenbrohult and made a market town (köping). The present municipality was created by the local government reform of 1971, when Älmhult was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities.

Of historical significance is that the botanist Carl von Linné was born and grew up in the parish of Stenbrohult in the early 18th century. Today, the estate on which he was born and lived his first months has been turned into a museum at Råshult and is still surrounded by the same meadows and fields as 300 years ago.

Allegedly, the area has a variety of different specimens of plants, likely to trigger the interest of a botanical minded youngster. The geography is probably not distinguished from its neighbouring municipalities, however. Like all other Småland municipalities, it contains a variety of lakes, streams and especially forests.

The first IKEA store was opened in Älmhult by Ingvar Kamprad, who grew up in the municipality.

Localities

There are 5 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Älmhult Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2014.^[3] The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Älmhult	9,374
2	Diö	899
3	Liatorp	527
4	Eneryda	323
5	Delary	208

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Älmhult Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[4]

In total there were 17,950 residents, including 12,132 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[4] 45.3% voted for the left coalition and 53.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

%

Centrum

1,421

987

50.1

49.1

76

62

38

23,316

42

Diö-Stenbrohult

1,918

1,363

43.9

55.2

84

82

18

26,965

38

Froafälle

1,576

1,131

47.0

51.7

82

70

30

26,864

39

Gemön-Möckeln

1,839

1,302

48.3

51.0

84

65

35

28,116

43

Göteryd

1,594

1,188

34.3

64.3

82

83

17

24,561

32

Haganäs

2,508

1,224

58.2

38.9

58

29

71

16,449

42

Häradsbäck

1,368

1,031

33.4

65.1

87

88

12

25,949

35

Klöxhult

2,174

1,395

45.6

53.6

85

71

29

31,303

47

Norregård

1,850

1,212

45.9

53.9

89

71

29

34,917

57

Virestad-Eneryda

1,702

1,299

46.5

52.3

83

84

16

24,702

30

Source: SVT^[4]

Notable natives

References

Statistics Sweden

^ "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.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ Älmhult Kommun Fakta och statistik
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Älmhult i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

External links

Älmhult Municipality - Official site
Älmhult.com

[SCB_2014-01-01-1] "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.

[SCB_2023-12-31-2] "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.

[3] Älmhult Kommun Fakta och statistik

[ÄlmhultVal2022-4] "Valresultat 2022 för Älmhult i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

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