Mjölby Municipality (''Mjölby kommun'') is a

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Östergötland County Östergötland County ( sv, Östergötlands län) is a county or '' län'' in southeastern Sweden. It has land borders with the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Örebro to the northwest, and Södermanland to the ...

in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the

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Mjölby Mjölby ( or ) is a city and the seat of Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 12,245 inhabitants in 2010. Mjölby is located by the rivulet Svartån. The name "Mjölby" is derived from ''Mölloby'', which comes from or ''m� ...

, with some 13,000 inhabitants.Kommun & politik - Mjölby kommun
Retrieved December 12, 2020. The present municipality was established in 1971, when the ''City of Mjölby'', the ''City of Skänninge'' and the rural municipalities in the vicinity were amalgamated into the new entity. There are about twenty original units within Mjölby Municipality.

Localities

Bjälbo Bjälbo is a small village in Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland, Sweden. The medieval House of Bjelbo had a church and a manor house at Bjälbo. King Magnus Minnesköld was probably born here, and in around 1210 his son Birger Magnusson. ...

* Hogstad * Mantorp *

(seat) *

Skänninge Skänninge () is a locality situated in Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 3,140 inhabitants in 2010. It lies about 10 km north of the municipal seat Mjölby. Before the local government reform in 1971 the ''City of S ...

* Spångsholm * Sya * Väderstad

Education

Mjölby has a school for

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s and a school for

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Twin cities

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kommune, Rogaland,

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* Häädemeeste,

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and Slangerup,

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References

External links

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Mjölby Municipality
- Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Mjolby Municipality Municipalities of Östergötland County