Hylte Municipality

Hylte Municipality
Hylte kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Halland County
Seat Hyltebruk
Area[1]
 • Total 1,046.59 km2 (404.09 sq mi)
 • Land 946.08 km2 (365.28 sq mi)
 • Water 100.51 km2 (38.81 sq mi)
  Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2017)[2]
 • Total 10,990
 • Density 11/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Halland and Småland
Municipal code 1315
Website www.hylte.se

Hylte Municipality (Hylte kommun) is the only inland municipality of Halland County in southwest Sweden. The industrial town Hyltebruk is the seat of the municipality.

The first Hylte Municipality was created in 1952 through the amalgamation of three minor units in Jönköping County. In 1974 further amalgamations took place and the county boundary was redrawn.

Geography

The municipality straddles the boundary of two historic provinces, Halland and Småland.

Localities

There are 6 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Hylte 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.

#LocalityPopulation
1Hyltebruk3,742
2Torup1,239
3Unnaryd760
4Rydöbruk385
5Landeryd372
6Kinnared297

References

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2017" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.

Coordinates: 57°00′N 13°15′E / 57.000°N 13.250°E / 57.000; 13.250

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