- Uppvidinge Municipality
Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Uppvidinge kommun
county=Kronoberg County
province=Småland
capital=Åseda
arearank=90th
area=1,232.64
arealand=1,178.00
populationrank=227th
population=9,508
densityrank=240th
populationdensity=8.1
website=http://www.uppvidinge.se/
footnotes=Area and population as of December 31, 2006Uppvidinge Municipality ("Uppvidinge kommun") is a municipality in
Kronoberg County , southernSweden , with its seat in the town ofÅseda .The present municipality, which took its name from a hundred, was formed by the local government reform of
1971 when "Lenhovda", "Nottebäck", "Åseda" and "Älghult" were amalgamated. The number of original enities, as of 1863, is six. The first amalgamation in the area (Granhult merged with Nottebäck) took place already in 1915.The municipality has a rather small population but states "In a small municipality man becomes large".
More than 80% of the area is covered with forests, making it live up to the general public's impression of the "dark" province of
Småland . The name "Uppvidinge" itself means something like forest on a hill. There has never really been any city in the municipality, so with the Swedish municipal reform in 1971-74, when Uppvidinge became a municipality, they reused a name from a document from 1568, referring to the insignia of the historical hundredUppvidinge Hundred . It depicts a herb of unknown species in a red color.Localities
There are 5 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Uppvidinge 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.uppvidinge.se/ Uppvidinge Municipality] - Official site
* [http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwe/u/uppvidin.htm Coat of arms]
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