Nässjö Municipality

Municipality in Jönköping County, Sweden

Nässjö Municipality Nässjö kommun
Municipality
Nässjö city hall
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 57°39′N 14°41′E / 57.650°N 14.683°E / 57.650; 14.683
Country	Sweden
County	Jönköping County
Seat	Nässjö
Area ^[1]
• Total	988.49 km² (381.66 sq mi)
• Land	930.29 km² (359.19 sq mi)
• Water	58.2 km² (22.5 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	31,648
• Density	32/km² (83/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Småland
Municipal code	0682
Website	www.nassjo.se

Nässjö Municipality (Nässjö kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden where the town Nässjö is situated.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Nässjö (instituted in 1914) was amalgamated with five surrounding municipalities.

Localities

There are 11 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Nässjö 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	Nässjö	16,463
2	Bodafors	1,982
2	Forserum	1,982
4	Malmbäck	1,016
5	Anneberg	874
6	Solberga	419
7	Grimstorp	385
8	Fredriksdal	318
9	Äng	301
10	Flisby	215
11	Stensjön	208

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Nässjö Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 31,732 residents, including 22,963 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 43.3% voted for the left coalition and 55.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Anneberg

2,406

1,768

39.8

59.0

25,876

Barkeryd/Äng

1,420

1,066

33.1

65.8

27,667

Bodafors

2,099

1,432

42.5

56.5

21,693

Forserum

1,909

1,401

41.9

56.6

26,313

Grimstorp

1,989

1,595

35.5

63.2

26,178

Handskerud

2,436

1,804

43.8

55.5

25,965

Ingsberg

2,024

1,514

47.3

52.1

26,660

Malmbäck

2,104

1,517

38.5

60.4

25,630

Norrboda

2,466

1,545

51.0

46.5

21,729

Nyhem

2,145

1,553

44.7

54.1

25,579

Nässjö C

2,153

1,707

49.3

49.5

20,956

Nässjö rural

1,493

1,198

34.5

64.4

29,253

Runneryd

2,797

1,660

57.5

40.6

18,648

Södergården

2,071

1,563

46.4

52.1

23,945

Åker

2,220

1,640

41.1

57.6

28,000

Source: SVT^[3]

Sister cities

Nässjö has had two sister cities since the 1940s: Brønderslev in Denmark and Eidsberg in Norway.

References

Official webpage, history section (parts in Swedish)
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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Nässjö i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2024.