Gislaved Municipality
Gislaveds kommun | |
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| Coordinates: 57°18′N 13°32′E / 57.300°N 13.533°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Jönköping County |
| Seat | Gislaved |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-manager |
| • Mayor | Marie Johansson (Social Democrats) |
| • Manager | Stefan Eglinger |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,220.72 km2 (471.32 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,137.08 km2 (439.03 sq mi) |
| • Water | 83.64 km2 (32.29 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[3] | |
| • Total | 29,014 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (62/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Småland |
| Municipal code | 0662 |
| Website | www.gislaved.se |
Gislaved Municipality (Gislaveds kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County in southern Sweden, with its seat located in the town Gislaved.
The municipality was created in 1974, when Gislaved locality where amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities to form an entity of unitary type. There are seventeen original units making up the present municipality. Within Sweden, and as part of Gnosjö region, it's regarded as being both cultural and industrially dominated. The municipality is notably home to Scandinavian Raceway in Anderstorp, the only Swedish circuit to host a Formula One Grand Prix as it held the Swedish Grand Prix for six years in the 1970s.
- ^ "Kommunens organisation". Gislaveds kommun (in Swedish). Gislaveds kommun. 2021-03-16. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ^ "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.