Nässjö Municipality
Municipality in Jönköping County, Sweden
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Nässjö Municipality (Swedish: Nässjö kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden where the town Nässjö is situated.
Nässjö Municipality
Nässjö kommun | |
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Nässjö city hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 57°39′N 14°41′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Jönköping County |
| Seat | Nässjö |
| Area | |
• Total | 988.49 km2 (381.66 sq mi) |
| • Land | 930.29 km2 (359.19 sq mi) |
| • Water | 58.2 km2 (22.5 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 31,446 |
| • Density | 33.802/km2 (87.548/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Småland |
| Municipal code | 0682 |
| Website | www.nassjo.se |
The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Nässjö (instituted in 1914) was amalgamated with five surrounding municipalities.
Localities
There are 11 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Nässjö 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.
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Nässjö 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 31,732 residents, including 22,963 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 43.3% voted for the left coalition and 55.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Anneberg | 2,406 | 1,768 | 39.8 | 59.0 | 84 | 86 | 14 | 25,876 | 30 |
| Barkeryd/Äng | 1,420 | 1,066 | 33.1 | 65.8 | 90 | 93 | 7 | 27,667 | 31 |
| Bodafors | 2,099 | 1,432 | 42.5 | 56.5 | 70 | 72 | 28 | 21,693 | 25 |
| Forserum | 1,909 | 1,401 | 41.9 | 56.6 | 82 | 82 | 18 | 26,313 | 35 |
| Grimstorp | 1,989 | 1,595 | 35.5 | 63.2 | 85 | 90 | 10 | 26,178 | 33 |
| Handskerud | 2,436 | 1,804 | 43.8 | 55.5 | 80 | 77 | 23 | 25,965 | 35 |
| Ingsberg | 2,024 | 1,514 | 47.3 | 52.1 | 87 | 80 | 20 | 26,660 | 42 |
| Malmbäck | 2,104 | 1,517 | 38.5 | 60.4 | 85 | 84 | 16 | 25,630 | 30 |
| Norrboda | 2,466 | 1,545 | 51.0 | 46.5 | 68 | 50 | 50 | 21,729 | 30 |
| Nyhem | 2,145 | 1,553 | 44.7 | 54.1 | 77 | 73 | 27 | 25,579 | 33 |
| Nässjö C | 2,153 | 1,707 | 49.3 | 49.5 | 74 | 70 | 30 | 20,956 | 33 |
| Nässjö rural | 1,493 | 1,198 | 34.5 | 64.4 | 88 | 94 | 6 | 29,253 | 36 |
| Runneryd | 2,797 | 1,660 | 57.5 | 40.6 | 63 | 35 | 65 | 18,648 | 24 |
| Södergården | 2,071 | 1,563 | 46.4 | 52.1 | 80 | 75 | 25 | 23,945 | 32 |
| Åker | 2,220 | 1,640 | 41.1 | 57.6 | 89 | 83 | 17 | 28,000 | 38 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
Sister cities
Nässjö has had two sister cities since the 1940s: Brønderslev in Denmark and Eidsberg in Norway.
