Jönköping (municipality)

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Jönköping municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Jönköping Location of the municipality of Jönköping
coat of arms Location in Jönköpings län
State : Sweden
Province (län): Jönköpings län
Historical Province (landskap): Småland
Main place: Jonkoping
SCB code: 0680
Residents : 141,081 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 1925 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 73.3 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.jonkoping.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 57 ° 47 ′  N , 14 ° 10 ′  E Jönköping ( pronunciation ? / I , [ ˈjœnɕøːpiŋ ]) is a municipality ( Swedish commun ) in the Swedish province of Jönköpings län and the historic province of Småland . The main town of the municipality is Jönköping . Audio file / audio sample

history

During the municipal reform in 1971, the municipality was formed from the three cities of Jönköping, Gränna and Huskvarna , the market town ( köping ) Norrahammar and ten rural communities. At that time, Jönköping and Huskvarna had already grown together.

coat of arms

Description: There are three silver four-pinned towers in red on a seven-pinned silver wall with a half-drawn silver gate grille , the middle one is the higher one, on a blue wave shield base . All windows and archways are black.

economy

Among the companies based in Jönköping are u. a. Ikea , Electrolux , Saab , VSM Group, Fläkt Woods, Stora Enso Packaging , Kinnarps, Smurfit Munksjö, ROL and ITAB.

places

Web links

Commons : Jönköping municipality  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
  2. ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)