- Vetlanda Municipality
Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Vetlanda kommun
county=Jönköping County
province=Småland
capital=Vetlanda
arearank=67th
area=1,608.87
arealand=1,509.80
populationrank=91st
population=26,380
densityrank=184th
populationdensity=17.5
website=http://www.vetlanda.se/
footnotes=Area and population as of December 31, 2006Vetlanda Municipality ("Vetlanda kommun") is a municipality in
Jönköping County , in southernSweden where the townVetlanda is seat.The municipality was created in 1971, when the "City of Vetlanda" (instituted in 1920) was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities to form a unitary municipality. In 1863, when the first local government acts in Sweden came into force, there were more than 20 enities within the area of the present municipality.
Geography
Vetlanda Municipality is the largest municipality in Jönköping County. The municipality is situated on the South Swedish highlands, an area situated some 250 meters above sea level and also includes
Eksjö Municipality andNässjö Municipality . It is a sight worthy nature that is visited by tourists for the scenery alone.The distance to any of the three largest Swedish cities
Malmö (south-west),Gothenburg (west) andStockholm (north-east) is rather similar; about 300 km.History
The history of Vetlanda goes back to at least the
medieval age when it was the seat for the regional assembly called "þing " (thing). According to the imaginations of Petter Rudebeck (1660–1710), Vetlanda was before that known asVitala , and the centre of a mythological kingdom. However, all later archeological research have failed in finding any evidence of it. But the myth was popular during the 18th and 19th century, which displays in the naming of several companies and locations around the municipality.Localities
There are 12 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Vetlanda 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.
ports
Vetlanda boasts successful clubs in
bandy (Vetlanda BK ) and inmotorcycle speedway (Vetlanda Speedway ).References
* [http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]
External links
* [http://www.vetlanda.se/ Vetlanda Municipality] - Official site
* [http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwe/v/vetlanda.htm Coat of arms]
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