Eksjö 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

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, southern Sweden

Sweden

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, where the town Eksjö

Eksjö

Eksjö is a locality and the seat of Eksjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 9,676 inhabitants in 2005.-History:The city of Eksjö most likely appeared sometime in the medieval ages when it was the centre for the thing, a regional council. Its first mentioned is from the 14th century...

 is seat.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Eksjö was amalgamated with three neighboring municipalities.

Localities

There are 6 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 Eksjö 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	Eksjö Eksjö Eksjö is a locality and the seat of Eksjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 9,676 inhabitants in 2005.-History:The city of Eksjö most likely appeared sometime in the medieval ages when it was the centre for the thing, a regional council. Its first mentioned is from the 14th century...	9,676
2	Mariannelund Mariannelund Mariannelund is a locality situated in Hässleby parish in Eksjö Municipality, Jönköping County, in the region of Småland, Sweden with 1,554 inhabitants in 2005....	1,554
3	Ingatorp Ingatorp Ingatorp is a locality situated in Eksjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 501 inhabitants in 2005....	501
4	Hult Hult Hult is the Swedish spelling variant of holt and may refer to:-Organizations:*Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Oregon*Hult Healey, a maker of automotive kits...	473
5	Hjältevad Hjältevad Hjältevad is a locality situated in Eksjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 345 inhabitants in 2005....	345
6	Bruzaholm Bruzaholm Bruzaholm is a locality situated in Eksjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 274 inhabitants in 2005....	274

Natives

Albert Engström

Albert Engström

Albert Laurentius Johannes Engström was a Swedish artist, author and member of the Swedish Academy from 1922. He was born in Lönneberga, Kalmar County , but spent most of his childhood in Hult where his father was the railroad stationmaster...

 (1869-1940) was an author, poet and drawer and subsequently member of the Swedish Academy

Swedish Academy

The Swedish Academy , founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden.-History:The Swedish Academy was founded in 1786 by King Gustav III. Modelled after the Académie française, it has 18 members. The motto of the Academy is "Talent and Taste"...

, who grew up in a small village outside of the city Eksjö.

External links

• Eksjö Municipality - Official site