Ydre Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Ydre kommun


county=Östergötland County
province=Östergötland
capital=Österbymo


arearank=142nd
area=782.65
arealand=679.03
populationrank=284th
population=3,822
densityrank=255th
populationdensity=5.6
website=http://www.ydre.se/
footnotes=Area and population as of December 31, 2006

Ydre Municipality ("Ydre kommun") is a municipality in Östergötland County, southeast Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the town of Österbymo.

The municipality was created through the local government reform of 1952, when six former entities were united. The name was taken from the old Ydre Hundred. Its area remained unchanged by the reform of 1971.

Localities

There are 3 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Ydre 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.

ights

At least two churches have a medieval foundation: The "Asby Church" in Asby, and "Torpa Church" on the countryside. There is also an attractive church from the 18th century, "Norra Vi Church", located just by lake Sommen.

ee also

*Ydre Hundred

References

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

External links

* [http://www.ydre.se/ Ydre Municipality] - Official site