Editing Vetlanda Municipality

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'''Vetlanda Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Vetlanda kommun}}) is a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Jönköping County]], southern [[Sweden]]. The town of [[Vetlanda]] is the municipality's seat.

The municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Vetlanda'' (instituted in 1920) was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities to form a unitary municipality. When Sweden's first local government laws went into effect in 1863, there were more than 20 entities located within the current municipality's boundaries.

Vetlanda is the birthplace of [[Johan Franzén]], a professional [[ice hockey]] center who played for the [[Detroit Red Wings]] of the [[National Hockey League]].

==Geography==
Vetlanda Municipality is the largest municipality in Jönköping County. The municipality is situated on the [[South Swedish highlands]], an area situated some 250&nbsp;meters above sea level and also includes [[Eksjö Municipality]] and [[Nässjö Municipality]]. It is a sight-worthy nature that is visited by tourists for the scenery alone.

The distance to any of the three largest Swedish cities [[Malmö]] (south-west), [[Gothenburg]] (west) and [[Stockholm]] (north-east) is rather similar; about 300&nbsp;km.

===Localities===
There are 12 [[Urban areas in Sweden|urban area]]s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Vetlanda 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 || '''[[Vetlanda]]''' || 12,691
|-
| 2 || [[Ekenässjön]] || 1,551
|-
| 3 || [[Landsbro]] || 1,454
|-
| 4 || [[Holsbybrunn]] || 780
|-
| 5 || [[Korsberga, Vetlanda|Korsberga]] || 731
|-
| 6 || [[Myresjö]] || 644
|-
| 7 || [[Kvillsfors]] || 560
|-
| 8 || [[Sjunnen]] || 417
|-
| 9 || [[Skede, Sweden|Skede]] || 345
|-
| 10 || [[Björköby]] || 312
|-
| 11 || [[Pauliström]] || 257
|-
| 12 || [[Nye, Sweden|Nye]] || 203
|}

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Vetlanda 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=VetlandaVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-0685-vetlanda.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Vetlanda i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 27,601 residents, including 20,663 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=VetlandaVal2022/> 40.5% 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}}
|-
!
! 
! 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" |Alseda-Skede
| 2,463
| 1,808
| 39.6
| 58.6
| 81
| 85
| 15
| 24,455
| 28
|-
| align="left" |Björkö-Nävelsjö
| 2,143
| 1,538
| 37.6
| 61.5
| 85
| 86
| 14
| 25,689
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Brunnsgård
| 1,853
| 1,549
| 41.6
| 57.6
| 83
| 81
| 19
| 26,382
| 37
|-
| align="left" |Bäckseda
| 2,515
| 1,907
| 37.5
| 61.5
| 91
| 88
| 12
| 30,132
| 37
|-
| align="left" |Ekenässjön
| 1,766
| 1,259
| 42.6
| 56.1
| 81
| 73
| 27
| 24,008
| 25
|-
| align="left" |Karlslund
| 1,657
| 1,310
| 41.7
| 57.6
| 86
| 82
| 18
| 26,476
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Korsberga-Ramkvilla
| 2,076
| 1,526
| 38.5
| 60.4
| 86
| 88
| 12
| 24,331
| 34
|-
| align="left" |Lannaskede-Fröderyd
| 1,930
| 1,389
| 38.6
| 60.2
| 81
| 79
| 21
| 22,885
| 27
|-
| align="left" |Mellangården
| 2,333
| 1,815
| 43.7
| 55.1
| 80
| 74
| 26
| 23,787
| 33
|-
| align="left" |Nye-Skirö-Näshult
| 1,260
| 944
| 34.6
| 63.1
| 87
| 89
| 11
| 25,641
| 36
|-
| align="left" |Pukaregården
| 1,735
| 1,426
| 41.8
| 56.4
| 83
| 75
| 25
| 23,947
| 28
|-
| align="left" |Tomaslunden
| 2,509
| 1,822
| 44.3
| 54.2
| 81
| 77
| 23
| 26,958
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Vetlanda Flugeby
| 2,281
| 1,581
| 43.0
| 55.6
| 73
| 58
| 42
| 22,343
| 28
|-
| align="left" |Ökna-Karlstorp
| 1,080
| 789
| 37.2
| 61.7
| 69
| 76
| 24
| 19,618
| 21
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=VetlandaVal2022/>
|}

==History==
The history of Vetlanda goes back to at least the [[medieval]] age when it was the seat for the regional assembly called ''[[þing]]'' (thing). According to the imaginations of Petter Rudebeck (1660&ndash;1710), Vetlanda was before that known as [[Vitala]], and the centre of a mythological kingdom. However, all later archeological research has failed in finding any evidence of it. But the myth was popular during the 18th and 19th century, which displays in the naming of several companies and locations around the municipality.

==Sports==
Vetlanda boasts successful clubs in [[bandy]] ([[Vetlanda BK]]) and in [[motorcycle speedway]] ([[Vetlanda Speedway]]).

==References==
*[http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.vetlanda.se/ Vetlanda Municipality] - Official site
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwe/v/vetlanda.htm Coat of arms]

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