Eksjö Municipality

Eksjö Municipality

*Eksjö kommun*
Eksjö Municipality Eksjö kommun
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 57°40′N 14°58′E / 57.667°N 14.967°E
Country	Sweden
County	Jönköping County
Seat	Eksjö
Area
• Total	873.29 km2 (337.18 sq mi)
• Land	799.48 km2 (308.68 sq mi)
• Water	73.81 km2 (28.50 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)
• Total	17,750
• Density	20/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Småland
Municipal code	0686
Website	www.eksjo.se

Eksjö Municipality (Eksjö kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden, where the town Eksjö 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 areas (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	9,676
2	Mariannelund	1,554
3	Ingatorp	501
4	Hult	473
5	Hjältevad	345
6	Bruzaholm	274

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Eksjö Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 17,823 residents, including 13,389 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 44.2% voted for the left coalition and 53.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

%

Blåsippan

1,360

885

50.8

45.2

68

58

42

20,500

36

Gamla Stan

2,033

1,519

53.0

44.2

74

68

32

20,226

38

Grevhagen

1,899

1,421

45.5

52.5

84

16

26,612

44

Hult

988

756

42.4

56.4

85

90

10

26,812

34

Höreda

1,530

1,208

38.5

60.3

91

96

4

28,873

36

Ingatorp

1,658

1,284

39.9

59.0

73

78

22

21,340

23

Kaffekullen

1,216

951

38.8

60.4

90

93

7

29,799

46

Kvarnarp

1,462

1,104

45.6

52.9

87

86

14

27,612

40

Mariannelund

1,938

1,347

46.1

51.6

73

77

23

21,475

25

Norrtull

1,482

1,117

47.0

51.1

82

18

26,457

42

Sjöängen

2,257

1,797

40.0

58.5

81

83

17

26,122

45

Source: SVT^[3]

Natives

Albert Engström (1869-1940) was an author, poet and drawer and subsequently member of the Swedish Academy, who grew up in a small village outside of the city Eksjö.