Editing Uppvidinge Municipality

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| name                    = Uppvidinge Municipality
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| subdivision_name1       = [[Kronoberg County]]
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'''Uppvidinge Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Uppvidinge kommun}}) is a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Kronoberg County]], southern [[Sweden]], with its seat in the town of [[Åseda]].

The present municipality, which took its name from a [[Hundred (country subdivision)|hundred]], was formed by the local government reform of 1971 when ''Lenhovda'', ''Nottebäck'', ''Åseda'' and ''Älghult'' were amalgamated. The number of original entities, as of 1863, is six. The first amalgamation in the area (Granhult merged with Nottebäck) took place already in 1915.

The municipality has a rather small population but its slogan states "In a Small Municipality Man Becomes Large".

More than 80% of the area is covered with forests, making it live up to the general public's impression of the "dark" province of [[Småland]]. The name ''Uppvidinge'' itself means something like forest on a hill. The coat of arms is based on the insignia of [[Uppvidinge Hundred]], from a document from 1568. It depicts a herb of unknown species in a red color.

==Localities==
There are 5 [[Urban areas in Sweden|urban area]]s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Uppvidinge 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 || '''[[Åseda]]''' || 2,430
|-
| 2 || [[Lenhovda]] || 1,714
|-
| 3 || [[Norrhult-Klavreström]] || 1,269
|-
| 4 || [[Alstermo]] || 859
|-
| 5 || [[Älghult]] || 481
|}

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Uppvidinge 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=UppvidingeVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-0760-uppvidinge.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Uppvidinge i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 9,423 residents, including 6,679 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=UppvidingeVal2022/> 40.4% voted for the left coalition and 58.1% 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}}
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! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
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! data-sort-type="number" | %
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|-
| align="left" |Lenhovda
| 2,309
| 1,737
| 40.0
| 58.9
| 82
| 76
| 24
| 25,509
| 22
|-
| align="left" |Nottebäck
| 1,739
| 1,253
| 43.5
| 55.5
| 79
| 77
| 23
| 24,445
| 26
|-
| align="left" |Åseda N
| 1,853
| 1,303
| 38.1
| 60.4
| 81
| 70
| 30
| 24,146
| 24
|-
| align="left" |Åseda S
| 1,499
| 992
| 36.0
| 61.5
| 75
| 70
| 30
| 24,374
| 28
|-
| align="left" |Älghult
| 2,023
| 1,394
| 41.9
| 56.7
| 76
| 71
| 29
| 21,680
| 25
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=UppvidingeVal2022/>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Notes===
*[http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.uppvidinge.se/ Uppvidinge Municipality] - Official site
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwe/u/uppvidin.htm Coat of arms]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Uppvidinge
 | N  = [[Vetlanda Municipality|Vetlanda]] ([[Jönköping County|Jönköping]])
 | NE = [[Hultsfred Municipality|Hultsfred]] ([[Kalmar County|Kalmar]])
 | E  = [[Högsby Municipality|Högsby]] ([[Kalmar County|Kalmar]])<br/>[[Nybro Municipality|Nybro]] ([[Kalmar County|Kalmar]])
 | S  = [[Lessebo Municipality|Lessebo]]
 | W  = [[Växjö Municipality|Växjö]]
}}
{{Kronoberg County}}
{{Localities in Uppvidinge Municipality}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Kronoberg County]]
[[Category:Uppvidinge Municipality| ]]