Nybro Municipality

Nybro Municipality
Nybro kommun
Nybro Railway Station
Nybro Railway Station
Coat of arms of Nybro Municipality
Coordinates: 56°44′N 15°54′E / 56.733°N 15.900°E / 56.733; 15.900
CountrySweden
CountyKalmar County
SeatNybro
Area
 • Total
1,201.54 km2 (463.92 sq mi)
 • Land1,171.69 km2 (452.39 sq mi)
 • Water29.85 km2 (11.53 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total
20,145
 • Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceSmåland
Municipal code0881
Websitewww.nybro.se

Nybro Municipality (Nybro kommun) is a municipality in Kalmar County, south-eastern Sweden, with its seat in the town Nybro.

The amalgamation of the City of Nybro (instituted in 1932) with its surrounding municipalities took place in 1969.

The municipality was inhabited by a few hundred people until the railways came in the late 19th century, and the town Nybro was in its location between Kalmar on the east coast and Gothenburg on the west coast; later also on the railway from Kalmar and Malmö in the south-west. Until then Nybro mostly consisted of minor industries, including a match factory, marked by its traditionally Småland forest nature, largely unsuitable for agriculture.

Nybro Municipality is in the eastern part of the "Kingdom of Crystal" area (Swedish: Glasriket), that covers a total of four municipalities.

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.