Nybro Municipality

Nybro Municipality
Nybro kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Kalmar County
Seat Nybro
Area[1]
 • Total 1,201.54 km2 (463.92 sq mi)
 • Land 1,171.69 km2 (452.39 sq mi)
 • Water 29.85 km2 (11.53 sq mi)
  Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2017)[2]
 • Total 20,406
 • Density 17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Småland
Municipal code 0881
Website www.nybro.se

Nybro Municipality (Nybro kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the town Nybro.

The amalgamation of the City of Nybro (instituted in 1932) with its surrounding municipalities took place in 1969.

The municipality was inhabited by a few hundred people until the railways came in the late 19th century, and the town Nybro was in its location between Kalmar on the east coast and Gothenburg on the west coast; later also on the railway from Kalmar and Malmö in the south-west. Until then Nybro mostly consisted of minor industries, including a match factory, marked by its traditionally Småland forest nature, largely unsuitable for agriculture.

Nybro Municipality is in the eastern part of the "Kingdom of Crystal" area (Swedish: Glasriket), that covers a total of four municipalities.

Localities

There are nine urban areas (also called localities, Swedish: tätorter) in Nybro 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
1Nybro12,598
2Orrefors696
3Alsterbro462
4Örsjö373
5Kristvallabrunn262
6Flygsfors255
7Bäckebo241
8Målerås228
9Flerohopp209

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.

See also

Coordinates: 56°44′N 15°54′E / 56.733°N 15.900°E / 56.733; 15.900

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