Jönköping Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...

 in Jönköping County

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 capital is Jönköping.- Provinces :...

, southern Sweden

Sweden

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. The city Jönköping

Jönköping

-Notable people:*Lillian Asplund, RMS Titanic survivor*John Bauer, illustrator, painter*Amy Diamond, singer*Agnetha Fältskog, ABBA*Carl Henrik Fredriksson, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Eurozine*Anders Gustafsson, kayaker, Olympian...

 is the municipal seat. The municipality is situated by the southern end of lake Vättern

Vättern

Vättern is the second largest lake in Sweden, after Lake Vänern and the sixth largest lake in Europe. It is a long, finger-shaped body of fresh water in south central Sweden to the southeast of Vänern pointing at the tip of Scandinavia....

.

Historical background

The area of the present municipality consists of more than twenty original municipal entities, among them three former cities. In 1952 the number of units was reduced to thirteen. The present municipality was created in connection with the nation-wide local government reform of 1971.

Localities

There are 16 urban area

Urban areas in Sweden

Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...

s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Jönköping 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	Jönköping Jönköping -Notable people:*Lillian Asplund, RMS Titanic survivor*John Bauer, illustrator, painter*Amy Diamond, singer*Agnetha Fältskog, ABBA*Carl Henrik Fredriksson, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Eurozine*Anders Gustafsson, kayaker, Olympian...	84,423
2	Bankeryd Bankeryd Bankeryd is the second largest locality situated in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 8,711 inhabitants in 2005.Bankeryd is situated on the western shore of the lake Vättern about 7 km north of the municipal city Jönköping. It is mainly residential with some industries, and...	6,498
3	Taberg Taberg Taberg is a locality situated in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 4,223 inhabitants in 2005....	4,223
4	Tenhult Tenhult Tenhult is a locality situated in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 2,916 inhabitants in 2005.-Sports:Tenhult has two soccer clubs, Tenhults IF who play in Division 2 and Beduinerna SK who play in the Division 4. Tenhults IF are managed by Ove Mårtensson.-Buildings:Tenhult has...	2,916
5	Gränna Gränna Gränna is a locality situated in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 2,578 inhabitants in 2005. It is situated in Småland on the eastern shores of the lake Vättern, about 35 km north of Jönköping....	2,578
6	Odensjö Odensjö Odensjö is a locality situated in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 1,714 inhabitants in 2005....	1,714
7	Kaxholmen Kaxholmen Kaxholmen is a locality situated in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 1,402 inhabitants in 2005....	1,402
8	Trånghalla Trånghalla Trånghalla is a locality situated in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 1,251 inhabitants in 2005....	1,251
9	Lekeryd Lekeryd Lekeryd is a locality situated in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 763 inhabitants in 2005....	763
10	Barnarp Barnarp Barnarp is a locality situated in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 724 inhabitants in 2005....	724
11	Bottnaryd Bottnaryd Bottnaryd is a locality situated in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 723 inhabitants in 2005....	723
12	Tunnerstad Tunnerstad Tunnerstad is a locality situated in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 314 inhabitants in 2005....	314
13	Skärstad Skärstad Skärstad is a locality situated in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 309 inhabitants in 2005....	309
14	Ölmstad Ölmstad Ölmstad is a locality situated in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 308 inhabitants in 2005....	308
14	Örserum Örserum Örserum is a locality situated in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 308 inhabitants in 2005....	308
16	Öggestorp Öggestorp Öggestorp is a locality situated in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 227 inhabitants in 2005....	227

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:
Tianjin

Tianjin

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, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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 Svendborg Municipality

Svendborg municipality

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, Denmark

Denmark

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 Lääne-Viru County, Estonia

Estonia

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 Kuopio

Kuopio

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, Finland

Finland

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 Bodø

Bodø

is a city and a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten region.The city of Bodø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Bodin was merged with Bodø on 1 January 1968. Skjerstad was merged with Bodø on 1 January 2005...

, Norway

Norway

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See also

• Municipalities of Sweden
  Municipalities of Sweden
  The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...
  
  
• Swedish National Board of Agriculture
  Swedish National Board of Agriculture
  The Swedish Board of Agriculture is a government agency in Sweden that answers to the Ministry of Agriculture. The agency headquarters is located in Jönköping....
  
  
• List of Jönköping Governors

External links

• Jönköping Municipality - Official site
• Coat of arms