Nässjö Municipality () is a

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Jönköping County Jönköping County () is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The total county population was 356,291 inhabitants in September 2017. The capita ...

, southern

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where the town

Nässjö Nässjö () is a locality and the seat of Nässjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 31,782 inhabitants in 2024. History For many years, Nässjö was a rural village with agriculture as the dominant occupation. The turning point wa ...

is situated. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Nässjö'' (instituted in 1914) was amalgamated with five surrounding municipalities.

Localities

There are 11

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s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Nässjö 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.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Nässjö Municipality's electoral districts in the

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sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 31,732 residents, including 22,963 Swedish citizens of voting age. 43.3% voted for the left coalition and 55.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Sister cities

Nässjö has had two

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since the 1940s:

Brønderslev Brønderslev is a city in Denmark with a population of 12,946 (1 January 2025). The city is the largest urban area in Brønderslev Municipality and is the municipal seat. It is the fourth largest city of Vendsyssel within the North Jutland Region ...

in Denmark and

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in Norway.

References

*Official webpage, history section (parts in Swedish)
Statistics Sweden

External links

Nässjö Municipality
- Official site

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