Ydre Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...

 in Östergötland County

Östergötland County

Östergötland County is a county or län in southeastern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kalmar to the southeast, Jönköping to the southwest, Västra Götaland to the west, Örebro to the northwest, Södermanland to the northeast, and the Baltic Sea to the east.Östergötland County has a population of...

, southeast Sweden

Sweden

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. The municipal seat is located in the town of Österbymo

Österbymo

Österbymo is a locality and the seat of Ydre Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 873 inhabitants in 2005. It is the smallest municipal seat in Sweden.- References :...

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The municipality was created through the local government reform of 1952, when six former entities were united. The name was taken from the old Ydre Hundred. Its area remained unchanged by the reform of 1971.

Localities

There are 3 urban area

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...

s (also called a Tätort or locality) in Ydre 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	Österbymo Österbymo Österbymo is a locality and the seat of Ydre Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 873 inhabitants in 2005. It is the smallest municipal seat in Sweden.- References :...	873
2	Hestra Hestra, Ydre Hestra is a locality situated in Ydre Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 490 inhabitants in 2005....	490
3	Rydsnäs Rydsnäs Rydsnäs is a locality situated in Ydre Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 304 inhabitants in 2005....	304

Sights

At least two churches have a medieval foundation: The Asby Church in Asby, and Torpa Church on the countryside. There is also an attractive church from the 18th century, Norra Vi Church, located just by lake Sommen

Sommen

Sommen is a Swedish lake. Its area is 132 km² and its greatest depth is 60 m. The lake is located in southern Sweden, and is bounded by the provinces of Östergötland and Småland....

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External links

• Ydre Municipality - Official site