- Hylte Municipality
Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Hylte kommun
county=Halland County
province=Halland andSmåland
capital=Hyltebruk
arearank=113th
area=1,052.37
arealand=951.14
populationrank=209th
population=10,371
densityrank=229th
populationdensity=10.9
website=http://www.hylte.se/
footnotes=Area and population as of December 31, 2006Hylte Municipality ("Hylte kommun") is the only inland municipality of
Halland County in southwestSweden . The industrial townHyltebruk is the seat of the municipality.The first Hylte Municipality was created in 1952 through the amalgamation of three minor units in
Jönköping County . In 1974 further amalgamations took place and the county boundary was redrawn.Geography
The municipality straddles the boundary of two historic provinces,
Halland andSmåland .Localities
There are 6 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Hylte 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
* [http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]
External links
* [http://www.hylte.se/ Hylte Municipality] - Official site
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