Vetlanda (Municipality)

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Vetlanda municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Vetlanda Location of the municipality of Vetlanda
coat of arms Location in Jönköpings län
State : Sweden
Province (län): Jönköpings län
Historical Province (landskap): Småland
Main place: Vetlanda
SCB code: 0685
Residents : 27,466 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 1,600.4 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 17.2 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.vetlanda.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 57 ° 26 ′  N , 15 ° 5 ′  O Vetlanda 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 Vetlanda .

geography

The municipality of Vetlanda is the largest municipality in the province of Jönköpings län and the distances to the three largest Swedish cities Stockholm , Gothenburg and Malmö are all around 300 kilometers.

coat of arms

Description: In gold, a blue diagonal bar covered with a golden ear of corn.

places

The following eleven places are localities ( tatorter ) of the municipality of Vetlanda:

Attractions

To the west of Vetlanda on the southern bank of the Norrasjön are the ruins of Hultaby Castle, which date back to the Middle Ages . The Kleva gruva mine is located near Holsbybrunn . The Levanders Lanthandel store, which is run as a museum, is located in Alseda .

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Municipality of Vetlanda  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

swell

  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)