Aneby Municipality
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Aneby Municipality is a municipality
Municipalities of Sweden
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 in Jönköping County
Jönköping County
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 in southern Sweden
Sweden
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, where the town Aneby
Aneby
Aneby is a locality and the seat of Aneby Municipality in Jönköping County, Sweden with 3,374 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...

 is the seat.

The municipality was formed in 1967 when the municipalities of Bredestad and Hullaryd, both created in 1952 were amalgamated. The name was taken from the largest locality, Aneby, which was chosen as the seat. Before 1952 there were nine municipalities in the area.

Localities

There are 3 urban area
Urban areas in Sweden
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s (or localities
Tatort
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) in Aneby 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.
# Locality Population
1 Aneby
Aneby
Aneby is a locality and the seat of Aneby Municipality in Jönköping County, Sweden with 3,374 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...

3,374
2 Sundhultsbrunn
Sundhultsbrunn
Sundhultsbrunn is a locality situated in Aneby Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 314 inhabitants in 2005....

 
314
3 Frinnaryd
Frinnaryd
Frinnaryd is a locality situated in Aneby Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 225 inhabitants in 2005....

 
225

Demography

Aneby Municipality is the smallest municipality in the county. In 1994, the population in the municipality was at an all time high of 7,300 persons, which is attributed to refugee
Refugee
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s from former Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
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. The population has since decreased, to the regret of the officials who are promoting to get it populated to the 8,000 inhabitants its service is designated for.

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