Ljungby, Sweden

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Ljungby


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Sweden
subdivision_type1 = Municipality
subdivision_name1 = Ljungby Municipality
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Kronoberg County
subdivision_type3 = Province
subdivision_name3 = Småland
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 = 10.85
population_as_of = 2005-12-31
population_footnotes =
population_total = 14,810
population_density_km2 = 1365
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd= 56|latm=50 |lats= |latNS=N
longd=13 |longm=56 |longs= |longEW=E
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Ljungby is a town in Småland, Sweden, and the seat of Ljungby Municipality in Kronoberg County. It has a population of 14,810 (2005).

Ljungby was originally a "köping" (instituted in 1829), which did not become a municipality of its own when the first local government acts took effect in 1863, but retained part of the surrounding rural municipality with the same name. In 1936 Ljungby got the title of a city. It is since 1971 the seat of the much larger Ljungby Municipality.

Much of the town centre was destroyed in a fire in 1953. The (at the time) modern style of the rebuilding remains controversial locally.

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