Vittsjö is a locality

Urban areas in Sweden

Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...

 situated in Hässleholm Municipality

Hässleholm Municipality

Hässleholm Municipality is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Hässleholm....

, Skåne County

Skåne County

Skåne County is the southernmost administrative county or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge. The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the town of Malmö...

, Sweden

Sweden

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 with 1,691 inhabitants in 2005.

History

Vittsjö municipality, located in Western District Göinge, then Kristianstad län, was extended in 1952 through the merger with Verum and Visseltofta municipalities.

Geography

Vittsjö is lhe city has an altitude of 1204 feet (366 meters). The city is located at 61° 7' 0N latitude and 16° 6' 0E longtiude. Nearby towns are Hässleholm

Hässleholm

Hässleholm is a locality and the seat of Hässleholm Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 17,730 inhabitants in 2005.-Overview:Hässleholm was gradually developed from 1860 in connection with the construction of the main Stockholm to Malmö railway line. There was no settlement on the spot before...

, Markaryd

Markaryd

Markaryd is a locality and the seat of Markaryd Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 3,826 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...

, Osby

Osby

Osby is a locality and the seat of Osby Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 6,947 inhabitants in 2005.Well known people born in Osby include Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper Magnus Åkerlund and their famous goalkeeper, the tremendous Awet Fesshaie....

 and Kristianstad

Kristianstad

Kristianstad is a city and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 35,711 inhabitants in 2010.-History:The city was founded in 1614 by King Christian IV of Denmark, the city's name literally means 'Town of Christian', as a planned city after the burning of the town of Vä...

.

The city itself has a railine running through as well as a major highway, Route 117. The area is ideal for canoeing due to its major lake Vittsjön.

Commerce

The first houses in the town were built around the railroad station which was built in the 1860s. As a result, manufacturing industries settled in the area.

The construction of Öresund Bridge

Oresund Bridge

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 and Sweden's EU membership made Skåne idealic center of commerce. Hässleholm offered a highly-competitive land prices convienently located to Malmö

Malmö

Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...

 and Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

 making it appealing for industry to settle there.

One fifth of all employment is within the manufacturing industry, with the emphasis on wood and metal. Other popular employment consists of public administration, commerce, private services, the construction industry, transport and farming and forestry.

Today, Vittsjö hosts six of the largest companies in Sweden. The city is ranked among Europe's largest cities ordered by their number of companies Vittsjö is on position 6175.

Companies located in the city are Wiwood AB, Wiwood Cutting AB, Emmaljunga Barnvagnsfabrik AB, Grus & Makadam AB, Emmaljunga Torvmull AB, and Emmaljunga Torv Försäljnings AB.

Famous people from Vittsjö

• Fredrik Ljungberg
  Fredrik Ljungberg
  Karl Fredrik "Freddie" Ljungberg is a Swedish footballer who currently plays as a right winger for Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan. Ljungberg was captain of the Swedish national team until he announced his international retirement after UEFA Euro 2008.Ljungberg was a model for Calvin Klein underwear...
  
  , footballer born in Vittsjö but grew up in Halmstad
• Nilla Fischer
  Nilla Fischer
  Nilla Fischer is a female footballer for Linköping FC and the Swedish national team. She was previously the captain of LdB FC Malmö.-External links:* * *...
  
  , footballer
• Gustav Fridolin
  Gustav Fridolin
  Per Gustav Edvard Fridolin is a Swedish Green Party politician. He is a member of the Swedish parliament since the 2010 election, representing the Skåne County North and East constituency.- Biography :...
  
  , Co-spokesperson of the Swedish Green Party
• Bildsköne Bengtsson
• Peps Persson
  Peps Persson
  Peps Persson is a Swedish blues and reggae musician from Tjörnarp, Scania. Throughout his career he has mostly made music in Swedish and is well known for his Scanian dialect...
  
  , blues and reaggae musician
• KG Hammar, former archbishop
• Gunhild Sehlin

External links

• Official Site