Sävsjö Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

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 in Jönköping County

Jönköping County

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, southern Sweden

Sweden

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 where the town Sävsjö

Sävsjö

Sävsjö is a locality and the seat of Sävsjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 5,068 inhabitants in 2005.-Geography:Sävsjö is located on the main line railway between Stockholm and Malmö...

 is seat.

The municipality was created by the local government reform of 1971, when the City of Sävsjö (instituted as late as 1947) was amalgamated

Amalgamation (politics)

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 with parts of two adjacent rural municipalities. Two years later it was completed when Hjälmseryd was added.

Geography

The municipality is located on the South Swedish highlands and comprise the old Västra Härad. It is considered a scenic place because the forests are not as dense as in the rest of Småland

Småland

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 and the terrain is more varied.

History

The area has been inhabited since early stone age. Both archeological finds and the five medieval churches from the 12th century stands as reminiscence from those days. A few kilometers from where the town Sävsjö is located today, was for instance the centre of the old administrative court house called Västra Härad Court.

Today

Sävsjö Municipality is working hard to increase its population. It currently has a half-price offer when buying plots of land with the intention of building a house here.

Politically Sävsjö Municipality is a stronghold of the Kristdemokraterna, the Christian Democrats (12 mandates

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 of 45), and for the Centerpartiet (10 mandates), a traditional farmers party. The largest party in the municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige is however still the Socialdemokraterna (13 mandates).

In contemporary Sweden today, Sävsjö Municipality is perhaps most known for the successful handball

Team handball

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 team Sävsjö HK.

Localities

There are four urban area

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s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Sävsjö 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	Sävsjö Sävsjö Sävsjö is a locality and the seat of Sävsjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 5,068 inhabitants in 2005.-Geography:Sävsjö is located on the main line railway between Stockholm and Malmö...	5,068
2	Vrigstad Vrigstad Vrigstad is a locality situated in Sävsjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 1,432 inhabitants in 2005....	1,432
3	Stockaryd Stockaryd Stockaryd is a locality situated in Sävsjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 1,003 inhabitants in 2005....	1,003
4	Rörvik Rörvik Rörvik is a locality situated in Sävsjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 555 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...	555

External links

• Sävsjö Municipality - Official site
• Sävsjö Trähus - Sävsjö Wooden House (company). In Swedish, English, German and Finnish.