Jönköping Municipality ( sv, Jönköpings kommun) is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
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 Sept ...
, southern
Sweden. The
city
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of
Jönköping
Jönköping (, ) is a city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland.
The city is the seat of Jönköping Municipa ...
is the municipal seat. The municipality is situated by the southern end of lake
Vättern.
Historical background
The area of the present municipality consists of more than 20 original municipal entities, among them three former
cities
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
. 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 area
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s (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.
Sport
International Floorball Federation
The International Floorball Federation (IFF) is the worldwide governing body for the sport of floorball. It was founded on 12 April 1986 in Huskvarna, Sweden, by representatives from the national floorball associations of Finland, Sweden and ...
was founded in the eastern part of Jönköping, in
Huskvarna
Huskvarna (; formerly spelled ''Husqvarna'') constitutes the eastern part of Jönköping, a city in the Swedish province of Småland, and has a population of about 24,000. The distance to central Jönköping is about 5 km. The name Huskva ...
, 1986.
Twin towns – sister cities
Jönköping is
twinned with:
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Bodø, Norway
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Kuopio, Finland
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Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
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Svendborg
Svendborg () is a town on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, and the seat of Svendborg Municipality. With a population of 27,300 (1 January 2022), Svendborg is Funen's second largest city.[Tianjin
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, China
See also
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Municipalities of Sweden
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Swedish National Board of Agriculture
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List of Jönköping Governors
References
Statistics Sweden
External links
Jönköping Municipality- Official site
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Jönköping
Municipalities of Jönköping County
1971 establishments in Sweden