Mjölby Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

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 in Östergötland County

Östergötland County

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 in southeast Sweden

Sweden

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. Its seat is located in the city

City status in Sweden

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 of Mjölby

Mjölby

Mjölby is a city and the seat of Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 11,927 inhabitants in 2005.Mjölby is located by the rivulet Svartån. The name "Mjölby" is derived from "Mölloby", which comes from mylna or mölna -- meaning "mill"...

, with some 12,000 inhabitants.

The present municipality was established in 1971, when the City of Mjölby, the City of Skänninge and the rural municipalities in the vicinity were amalgamated into the new entity. There are about twenty original units within Mjölby Municipality.

Localities

• Bjälbo
  Bjälbo
  Bjälbo is a small village in Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland, Sweden.The medieval House of Bjelbo had a church and a manor house at Bjälbo. Today the church tower is preserved.In 1173, King Kol Sverkerson was killed in a battle at Bjälbo.-See also:...
  
  
• Hogstad
• Mantorp
  Mantorp
  Mantorp is a locality situated in Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 3,326 inhabitants in 2005. In the middle of Mantorp there is a small centre where a Christmas market is held annually. The locality is surrounded by farmland...
  
  
• Mjölby
  Mjölby
  Mjölby is a city and the seat of Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 11,927 inhabitants in 2005.Mjölby is located by the rivulet Svartån. The name "Mjölby" is derived from "Mölloby", which comes from mylna or mölna -- meaning "mill"...
  
   (seat)
• Skänninge
  Skänninge
  Skänninge is a locality situated in Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 3,242 inhabitants in 2005. It lies about 10 km north of the municipal seat Mjölby....
  
  
• Spångsholm
• Sya
  Sya
  Sya is a locality situated in Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 287 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Väderstad
  Väderstad
  Väderstad is a locality situated in Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 595 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  

Twin cities

• Karmøy
  Karmøy
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   kommune, Rogaland
  Rogaland
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  , Norway
  Norway
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• Hankasalmi
  Hankasalmi
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  , Finland
  Finland
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• Häädemeeste
  Häädemeeste
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  , Estonia
  Estonia
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• Rudkøbing
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   and Slangerup
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  , Denmark
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External links

• Mjölby Municipality - Official site