Sävsjö (municipality)

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Sävsjö municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Sävsjö Location of the municipality of Sävsjö
coat of arms Location in Jönköpings län
State : Sweden
Province (län): Jönköpings län
Historical Province (landskap): Småland
Main place: Sävsjö
SCB code: 0684
Residents : 11,677 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 729.6 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 16 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.savsjo.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 57 ° 24 '  N , 14 ° 40'  E

Sävsjö train station, town hall in the background
Skepperstad Church

Sävsjö is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Jönköpings län and the historic province of Småland . The main town of the municipality is Sävsjö .

geography

The area of ​​the municipality is characterized by the hills of the southern Swedish highlands , extensive forest areas and a large number of lakes. The larger lakes include the Allgunnen in the south and Vallsjön , Linnesjön and Frissjön in the east. There are also various smaller lakes such as Skärsjön . Larger rivers are the Bodaan the Lillån and Vrigstadsån . The small Sankt-Siegfried-Quelle is also known because of a legend about its origin .

The railway line Södra stambanan runs from north to south through the municipality, touching the localities of Sävsjö , Stockaryd and Rörvik . The Höglandsleden hiking trail from Sävsjö via Hultsjö to Äpplaryd also crosses the municipality in a north-south direction .

coat of arms

Description: In the coat of arms, divided by gold and blue, a three-row golden wall with three battlements .

places

Localities ( tätorter ) of the community are Rörvik , Sävsjö , Stockaryd and Vrigstad . As Småorter consist Hultagård and Hylletofta . Until 2005, Hjälmseryd was also known as Småort. There are also many smaller villages and hamlets, including Hultsjö , Komstad , Norra Ljunga and Skepperstad .

The village of Möcklehult is located in the southwest of the municipality . The writer Peter Nilson described Möcklehult in his book Den gamla byn (German: The old village ).

Attractions

In the municipality there are various prehistoric graves and rune stones, such as the Bronze Age

With Gamla Bankgården in Vrigstad, the municipality also has a bank museum. The Dragets skolmuseum school museum is located in Draget near Rörvik . A fire brigade and a shoemaker's museum are located in Sävsjö.

The village of Komstad , a little west of Sävsjö, is partly designed as an open-air museum. The Sanatorieskogen is a forest and park in Sävsjö used as a recreational area.

Web links

Commons : Sävsjö 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)