Vaggeryd Municipality (''Vaggeryds kommun'') is a

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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 ...

in southern

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. The town

Skillingaryd Skillingaryd is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Vaggeryd Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden, with over 13,200 inhabitants in 2013. Together with Vaggeryd, the seat of Vaggeryd Municipality. Skillingaryd is an old industrial town wit ...

is together with

Vaggeryd Vaggeryd is a locality situated in Vaggeryd Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 4,920 inhabitants in 2010. Together with Skillingaryd it is the seat of the municipality. Vaggeryd is situated about 10 km north of its co-municipal sea ...

the seat of the municipality. Most of the municipal administration is, however, placed in Skillingaryd. The present municipality was created in 1971, when the two market towns ''Skillingaryd'' and ''Vaggeryd'' vere amalgamated with parts of the rural municipalities of ''Klevshult'' and ''Vrigstad''. The large

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Stora Mosse stretches in this municipality and the adjacent

Gnosjö Municipality Gnosjö Municipality (''Gnosjö kommun'') is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden where the town Gnosjö is seat. The Swedish local government reform of 1952 formed this municipality out if five former entities, and it has not b ...

; in total it covers some , whereof has been marked as nature reserve. A lot of the ground is

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gy grounds and swamps which makes it important for different kinds of birds and other animals. It is easily accessible by car, guided tours are regularly conducted, and the total walking road adds up to 50 km. In the area, iron has been processed since the

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. It continued into the Middle Ages, and was very important for the inhabitants well into the 19th century. In the municipality is also the

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''Vaggerydstravet'' located, with full rights for betting. A good supply of the natural resources: iron, wood and water, and good communications with larger cities around the province made Vaggeryd a centre for many industries of various kind. A chair manufacturer established itself in the small town of Hagsfors in the 1863, producing the

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that since has become a standard furniture in Sweden and soon found a market in England. More wood and carpentry industry sprung out during the 19th century. Manufacturing of different travelling equipages was important, and transportations and communication with other parts of the province were important, and so the wheel came to symbolize the thinking of the municipality. It is manifested in the coat of arms. Other industries related to the resources are

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and

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s. While nowadays, tourism makes up an important part of its industry. Recently, the "Vaggeryd model" has been thought up by some locals and has since been adapted by some 30 other municipalities of Sweden. Its purpose is to create bridges between industries.1: Official webpage , and the 2-page paper "The Vaggeryd Model" available at the webpage

Localities

There are 4

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s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Vaggeryd 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

Vaggeryd
- Official site
The Vaggeryd Model paper
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