Nybro Municipality

Nybro Municipality Nybro kommun
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Kalmar County
Seat	Nybro
Area[1]
- Total	1,207.1739 km2 (466.1 sq mi)
- Land	1,177.1139 km2 (454.5 sq mi)
- Water	30.06 km2 (11.6 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population (June 30, 2010)[2]
- Total	19,594
- Density	16.2/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Småland
Municipal code	0881
Website	www.nybro.se

Nybro Municipality (Nybro kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the town Nybro.

The amalgamation of the City of Nybro (instituted in 1932) with its surrounding municipalities took place in 1969.

The municipality was inhabited by a few hundred people until the railways came in the late 19th century, and the town Nybro was in its location between Kalmar on the east coast and Gothenburg on the west coast; later also on the railway from Kalmar and Malmö in the south-west. Until then Nybro mostly consisted of minor industries, marked by its traditionally Småland forest nature, largely unsuitable for any agriculture. The most notable were a match factory; apart from that Nybro was also the easternmost part of the Glasriket, Kingdom of Crystal, that covers a total of four municipalities and has had many glass blowers, most notably Orrefors, Emmaboda and Kosta Boda.

Localities

There are 9 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Nybro 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.

#	Locality	Population
1	Nybro	12,598
2	Orrefors	696
3	Alsterbro	462
4	Örsjö	373
5	Kristvallabrunn	262
6	Flygsfors	255
7	Bäckebo	241
8	Målerås	228
9	Flerohopp	209

References

• Statistics Sweden

1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (in Swedish) (Microsoft Excel). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0802/2010A01/mi0802tab3_2010.xls. Retrieved 2010-08-21. 
2. ^ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____244147.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 

See also

• The Bäckebo Bomb

External links

• Official site
• (Swedish) Article Nybro from Nordisk Familjebok

Coordinates: 56°44′N 15°54′E / 56.733°N 15.9°E / 56.733; 15.9