Eksjö Municipality

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Eksjö Municipality (Eksjö kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden, where the town Eksjö is seat. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Eksjö was amalgamated with three neighboring municipalities.

Localities

There are 6 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Eksjö 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.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Eksjö Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 17,823 residents, including 13,389 Swedish citizens of voting age. 44.2% voted for the left coalition and 53.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Natives

Albert Engström (1869-1940) was an author, poet and drawer and subsequently member of the Swedish Academy, who grew up in a small village outside of the city Eksjö.

Sister cities

(See sister city.)

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