Eksjö Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Eksjö kommun


county=Jönköping County
province=Småland
capital=Eksjö


arearank=132nd
area=877.45
arealand=803.69
populationrank=135th
population=16,516
densityrank=171st
populationdensity=20.6
website=http://www.eksjo.se/
footnotes=Area and population as of December 31, 2006

Eksjö Municipality ("Eksjö kommun") is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden, where the town Eksjö is seat.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former "City of Eksjö" was amalgamated with three neighboring municipalities.

Localities

There are 6 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Eksjö 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.

Natives

Albert Engström (1869-1940) was an author, poet and drawer and subsequently member of the Swedish Academy, who grew up in a small village outside of the city Eksjö.

ister cities

*Marstal, in Denmark
*Barlinek, in Poland(See sister city.)

References

* [http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]

External links

* [http://www.eksjo.se/ Eksjö Municipality] - Official site