Eksjö 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

Eksjö Eksjö is a locality and the seat of Eksjö Municipality in Jönköping County, Sweden, with 9,701 inhabitants in 2010. History The city of Eksjö most likely appeared sometime in the Middle Ages when it was the centre for the thing, a regio ...

is seat. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former ''City of Eksjö'' was amalgamated with three neighboring municipalities.

Localities

There are 6

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s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Eksjö 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 Eksjö 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 17,823 residents, including 13,389 Swedish citizens of voting age. 44.2% voted for the left coalition and 53.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Natives

Albert Engström Albert Engström (1869–1940) was a Swedish artist, author and member of the Swedish Academy from 1922.:sv:Albert Engström, Albert Engström. ''sv.wikipedia.org''. Retrieved: 27 June 2013. Career Engström was born in Lönneberga, Kalmar Cou ...

(1869-1940) was an author, poet and drawer and subsequently member of the

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, who grew up in a small village outside of the city Eksjö.

Sister cities

Marstal Marstal () is a town in southern Denmark, located in Ærø Municipality on the island of Ærø. Marstal has a population of 2,077 (1 January 2024)Barlinek Barlinek () is a town in Myślibórz County, in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northwestern Poland. It is the administrative seat of Gmina Barlinek. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 13,491. It is situated on the shores of Barline ...

, in Poland (See

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References

Statistics Sweden

External links

Official Eksjö Municipality website
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