Sävsjö Municipality (''Sävsjö kommun'') is a

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Jönköping County Jönköping County ( sv, Jönköpings län) 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 Sept ...

, southern

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where the town

Sävsjö Sävsjö is a locality and the seat of Sävsjö Municipality, Jönköping County Jönköping County ( sv, Jönköpings län) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötlan ...

is seat. The municipality was created by the local government reform of 1971, when the ''City of Sävsjö'' (instituted as late as 1947) was

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with parts of two adjacent rural municipalities. Two years later it was completed when ''Hjälmseryd'' was added.

Geography

The municipality is located on the

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and comprise the old Västra Härad. It is considered a scenic place because the forests are not as dense as in the rest of

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and the terrain is more varied.

Localities

There are four

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

History

The area has been inhabited since early Stone Age. Both archeological finds and the five

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churches from the 12th century stands as reminiscence from those days. A few kilometers from where the town Sävsjö is located today, was for instance the centre of the old administrative court house called Västra Härad Court.

Today

Sävsjö Municipality is working hard to increase its population. It currently has a half-price offer when buying plots of land with the intention of building a house here. Politically Sävsjö Municipality is a stronghold of the

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, the Christian Democrats (12 mandates of 39). The party is the largest in the municipal assembly (

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). In contemporary Sweden today, Sävsjö Municipality is perhaps most known for the successful

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team Sävsjö HK.

References

Statistics Sweden

External links

Sävsjö Municipality
- Official site
Sävsjö Trähus
- Sävsjö Wooden House (company). In Swedish, English, German and Finnish. {{DEFAULTSORT:Savsjo Municipality Municipalities of Jönköping County