Hylte Municipality (''Hylte kommun'') is the only inland
municipality of
Halland County in southwest
Sweden
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. The industrial
town Hyltebruk is the seat of the municipality.
The first Hylte Municipality was created in 1952 through the
amalgamation
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of three minor units in
Jönköping County
Jönköping County ( sv, Jönköpings län) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The total county population was 356,291 inhabitants in Septe ...
. In 1974 further amalgamations took place and the county boundary was redrawn.
Geography
The municipality straddles the boundary of two historic
provinces,
Halland and
Småland
Småland () is a historical province () in southern Sweden.
Småland borders Blekinge, Scania, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name Småland literally means ''Small Lands''. The Latinized fo ...
.
Localities
There are 6
urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Hylte 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.
References
Statistics Sweden
External links
*
Hylte Municipality- Official site
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Municipalities of Halland County