Vetlanda Municipality
Vetlanda kommun | |
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 Vetlanda City Hall | |
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| Coordinates: 57°26′N 15°04′E / 57.433°N 15.067°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Jönköping County |
| Seat | Vetlanda |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,600.43 km2 (617.93 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,500.51 km2 (579.35 sq mi) |
| • Water | 99.92 km2 (38.58 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 27,498 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (45/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Småland |
| Municipal code | 0685 |
| Website | www.vetlanda.se |
Vetlanda Municipality (Vetlanda kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden. The town of Vetlanda is the municipality's seat.
The municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Vetlanda (instituted in 1920) was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities to form a unitary municipality. When Sweden's first local government laws went into effect in 1863, there were more than 20 entities located within the current municipality's boundaries.
Vetlanda is the birthplace of Johan Franzén, a professional ice hockey center who played for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League.
- ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.