Editing Hultsfred Municipality

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| name                    = Hultsfred Municipality
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'''Hultsfred Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Hultsfreds kommun}}) is a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Kalmar County]], in south-eastern Sweden. The seat is in the town of [[Hultsfred]].

The present municipality was created in 1971 through the amalgamation of the market town (''[[köping]]'') of Hultsfred (instituted in 1927) with a number of surrounding municipalities. In 1863 there were eight entities in the area.

Hultsfred is known as the site of a major [[Rock and roll|rock]] festival in Sweden, the [[Hultsfred Festival]].

==History==
In the age known as the [[Nordic Bronze Age]], the area had some shipping of furs to northern Germany and the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] army, but not much is known from that time other than the area being inhabited; there have also been older finds from 3000 to 4000 BC. However, from the medieval age, around 1100 AD, a few churches remain.

The area continued to be inhabited mainly by farmers until the 20th century. In the 17th and 18th there was some production of iron in Kalmar County, totalling about 10 mines; of those 2 were located in the municipality of Hultsfred. Hultsfred was a center for some military exercising companies during the 19th century, and some remaining building can be visited in the vicinity of Silverån. When the railroads through Sweden were built late in that century, Hultsfred received a population boost.

There are several folks museums around the area that keeps trace of its history.

==Geography==
Basically every one of the localities of Hultsfred Municipality are situated on the railway. Besides Hultsfred, in the mid north of the municipality, there are the towns of [[Virserum]] in the south-west and other ever smaller settlements such as [[Lönneberga]], [[Silverdalen]] and [[Målilla]]. The population of the municipality has however been decreasing with some 2,000 people in the last 10 years, as many people move to larger [[cities of Sweden|cities]], causing a decrease in nativity.

Much of the geography is taken up with forests, a notability for the entire province of [[Småland]], with some few scattered areas suitable for agriculture.

===Localities===
There are eight [[Urban areas in Sweden|urban area]]s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Hultsfred 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.

{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Locality !! Population
|-
| 1 || '''[[Hultsfred]]''' || 5,305
|-
| 2 || [[Virserum]] || 1,847
|-
| 3 || [[Målilla]] || 1,605
|-
| 4 || [[Mörlunda]] || 956
|-
| 5 || [[Silverdalen]] || 791
|-
| 6 || [[Järnforsen]] || 539
|-
| 7 || [[Vena, Sweden|Vena]] || 380
|-
| 8 || [[Rosenfors]] || 308
|}

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Hultsfred Municipality's electoral districts in the [[2022 Swedish general election]] sourced from [[Swedish Television|SVT]]'s election platform, in turn taken from [[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]] official statistics.<ref name=HultsfredVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-0860-hultsfred.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Hultsfred i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 14,027 residents, including 10,283 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=HultsfredVal2022/> 47.4% voted for the left coalition and 50.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! rowspan="3" |Location
! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}}
! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} [[Swedish kronor|SEK]]}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}
|-
!
! 
! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
|-
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
|-
| align="left" |Ekeberg
| 1,664
| 1,270
| 59.6
| 37.5
| 73
| 68
| 32
| 21,173
| 24
|-
| align="left" |Hultsfred N
| 2,544
| 1,907
| 49.6
| 49.1
| 82
| 81
| 19
| 25,421
| 26
|-
| align="left" |Hultsfred S
| 1,606
| 1,033
| 56.6
| 41.2
| 65
| 54
| 46
| 19,789
| 26
|-
| align="left" |Järeda
| 569
| 426
| 42.9
| 53.6
| 79
| 80
| 20
| 24,270
| 22
|-
| align="left" |Lönneberga
| 1,015
| 776
| 44.9
| 53.3
| 78
| 80
| 20
| 22,293
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Målilla
| 1,796
| 1,309
| 45.5
| 53.6
| 75
| 80
| 20
| 21,859
| 22
|-
| align="left" |Mörlunda
| 1,542
| 1,130
| 40.9
| 57.6
| 78
| 80
| 20
| 20,530
| 27
|-
| align="left" |Vena
| 1,076
| 829
| 41.7
| 57.0
| 87
| 92
| 8
| 24,461
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Virserum
| 2,215
| 1,603
| 41.3
| 57.9
| 70
| 72
| 28
| 20,729
| 23
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=HultsfredVal2022/>
|}

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden}}

===Twin towns — Sister cities===
Hultsfred Municipality is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
* {{Flagicon|Poland}} [[Rumia]], Poland

==References==
*[http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190928150916/http://www.hultsfred.se/ Hultsfred Municipality] - Official site

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Hultsfred
 | N  = [[Vimmerby Municipality|Vimmerby]]
 | E  = [[Oskarshamn Municipality|Oskarshamn]]
 | S  = [[Högsby Municipality|Högsby]]
 | SW = [[Uppvidinge Municipality|Uppvidinge]] ([[Kronoberg County|Kronoberg]])
 | W  = [[Vetlanda Municipality|Vetlanda]] ([[Jönköping County|Jönköping]])
 | NW = [[Eksjö Municipality|Eksjö]] ([[Jönköping County|Jönköping]])
}}
{{Kalmar County}}
{{Localities in Hultsfred Municipality}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of Kalmar County]]
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