- Hjo
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Hjo
image_caption = Hamngatan in Hjo
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Sweden
subdivision_type1 = Municipality
subdivision_name1 =Hjo Municipality
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 =Västra Götaland County
subdivision_type3 = Province
subdivision_name3 =Västergötland
area_footnotes = cite web |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |url=http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01B/T%E4torternami0810tab1.xls |format=xls |language=Swedish |accessdate=2008-05-15]
area_total_km2 = 4.46
population_as_of = 2005-12-31
population_footnotes =
population_total = 6,075
population_density_km2 = 1362
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd=58 |latm=18 |lats= |latNS=N
longd=14 |longm=17 |longs= |longEW=E
website =Hjo is a city by Lake Vättern in
Västergötland ,Sweden , and the seat ofHjo Municipality inVästra Götaland County . It has a population of 6,075 (2005 ).History
Hjo is known to have had a charter as early as
1413 . Hjo is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still referred to as a "city".Statistics Sweden , however, only counts localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants as cities.Many wooden towns have suffered fires, but Hjo has been relatively spared, apart from when the church and some adjacent houses burnt down in
1794 . The city structure is therefore almost exactly the same as in medieval times.Hjo works together with the cities of
Eksjö and Nora to develop wooden towns as tourist attractions, under the joint name "Three wooden towns" ("Tre trästäder").References
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