Jönköping Municipality Jönköpings kommun |
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Country | Sweden | |
County | Jönköping County | |
Seat | Jönköping | |
Area | ||
• Total | 1,925.02 km2 (743.25 sq mi) | |
• Land | 1,480.36 km2 (571.57 sq mi) | |
• Water | 444.66 km2 (171.68 sq mi) | |
Area as of January 1, 2014. | ||
Population (December 31, 2016) | ||
• Total | 135,297 | |
• Density | 70/km2 (180/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
ISO 3166 code | SE | |
Province | Småland | |
Municipal code | 0680 | |
Website | www.jonkoping.se |
Jönköping Municipality (Swedish: Jönköpings kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden. The city Jönköping is the municipal seat. The municipality is situated by the southern end of lake Vättern.
The area of the present municipality consists of more than twenty original municipal entities, among them three former cities. In 1952 the number of units was reduced to thirteen. The present municipality was created in connection with the nationwide local government reform of 1971.
There are 16 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Jönköping 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.
International Floorball Federation was founded in the eastern part of Jönköping, in Huskvarna, 1986.
The municipality is twinned with:
Coordinates: 57°47′N 14°12′E / 57.783°N 14.200°E