Hylte Municipality
Hylte Municipality
Hylte kommun | |
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| Hylte town hall Hylte town hall | |
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Coat of arms of Hylte Municipality Coat of arms | |
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| Country | Sweden |
| County | Halland County |
| Seat | Hyltebruk |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,046.59 km2 (404.09 sq mi) |
| • Land | 946.08 km2 (365.28 sq mi) |
| • Water | 100.51 km2 (38.81 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 10,166 |
| • Density | 10.745/km2 (27.830/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Halland and Småland |
| Municipal code | 1315 |
| Website | www.hylte.se |
Hylte Municipality (Swedish: Hylte kommun) is the only inland municipality of Halland County in southwest Sweden. The industrial town Hyltebruk is the seat of the municipality.
The first Hylte Municipality was created in 1952 through the amalgamation of three minor units in Jönköping County. In 1974 further amalgamations took place and the county boundary was redrawn.
Geography
[edit | edit source]The municipality straddles the boundary of two historic provinces, Halland and Småland.
Localities
[edit | edit source]There are 6 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Hylte 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.
| # | Locality | Population |
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| 1 | Hyltebruk | 3,742 |
| 2 | Torup | 1,239 |
| 3 | Unnaryd | 760 |
| 4 | Rydöbruk | 385 |
| 5 | Landeryd | 372 |
| 6 | Kinnared | 297 |
Demographics
[edit | edit source]This is a demographic table based on Hylte Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]
In total there were 10,590 residents, including 7,442 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 44.1% voted for the left coalition and 55.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
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| % | % | ||||||||
| Hyltebruk | 1,218 | 879 | 51.4 | 47.7 | 67 | 56 | 44 | 18,852 | 22 |
| Kinnared-Drängsered | 1,013 | 723 | 36.6 | 62.1 | 79 | 78 | 22 | 23,897 | 27 |
| Landeryd-Långaryd | 1,293 | 963 | 41.2 | 57.8 | 84 | 86 | 14 | 25,671 | 28 |
| Rydöbruk-Femsjö | 841 | 578 | 38.3 | 61.5 | 78 | 73 | 27 | 23,231 | 27 |
| Staffansbo | 1,491 | 1,073 | 46.1 | 53.5 | 83 | 70 | 30 | 25,927 | 24 |
| Torup | 1,706 | 1,256 | 44.4 | 54.7 | 78 | 76 | 24 | 23,022 | 27 |
| Unnaryd-Jälluntofta | 1,238 | 870 | 43.7 | 55.2 | 80 | 71 | 29 | 22,583 | 29 |
| Örnabäckshult | 1,790 | 1,100 | 47.9 | 50.8 | 72 | 45 | 55 | 23,157 | 21 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
References
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External links
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- Hylte Municipality - Official site
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