Ydre Municipality

Ydre Municipality
Ydre kommun
Coat of arms of Ydre Municipality
Coordinates: 57°50′N 15°16′E / 57.833°N 15.267°E / 57.833; 15.267
CountrySweden
CountyÖstergötland County
SeatÖsterbymo
Area
 • Total778.62 km2 (300.63 sq mi)
 • Land675.42 km2 (260.78 sq mi)
 • Water103.2 km2 (39.8 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total3,637
 • Density4.7/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceÖstergötland
Municipal code0512
Websitewww.ydre.se

Ydre Municipality (Ydre kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County, southeast Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the town of Österbymo.

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.

The name Ydre, which was formerly applied to most of the area around Sommen, is interpreted to mean "place of yews".[3] Two localities in particular appear to be further associated with yews these are Idhult and Idebo.[3]

  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.
  3. ^ a b Wahlberg, Mats (2003). Svensk ortnamnslexikon (PDF) (in Swedish). Uppsala: Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet. p. 375. ISBN 91-7229-020-X. Retrieved April 30, 2019.