Tingsryd Municipality (Tingsryds kommun) is a municipality in Småland, southern Sweden, in southeastern Kronoberg County, where the town Tingsryd is seat.
Tingsryd Municipality
Tingsryds kommun | |
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 Tingsryd Town Hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 56°32′N 14°59′E / 56.533°N 14.983°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Kronoberg County |
| Seat | Tingsryd |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,207.24 km2 (466.12 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,044.88 km2 (403.43 sq mi) |
| • Water | 162.36 km2 (62.69 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 12,155 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Småland |
| Municipal code | 0763 |
| Website | www.tingsryd.se |
The present municipality was formed by the local government reform of 1971 when the market town (köping) Tingsryd (instituted in 1921) was amalgamated with its surrounding entities.
Tingsryd is most famous for its hockey team Tingsryds AIF. The club has delivered several players to the NHL and are currently playing in Hockeyallsvenskan.
Tingsryd Municipality refers to itself as the "Horse Capital" because of a close connection to horses; they are housing nearly 2,000 horses. The new Tingsryd horse racing track (opened 27 July 2003) is the only one in Northern Europe being a mile (1,609 m) long and gathers every kind of equestrian sport.
Geography
editTingsryd Municipality is located in an area of traditional Mid-Sweden forestry, with some agriculture areas, and the geography is also taken up by many small lakes. Much of the population (38% estimated) of the municipality still live in rural areas, the rest live in almost equally populated small towns, without any densely populated central city in the municipality.
The Mien crater, the result of a meteorite impact some 120 million years ago, lies 11 km southwest of Tingsryd. Being sparsely populated, it is regarded as a safe environment far from urban stress.
Localities
editThere are 7 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Tingsryd Municipality.
In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2018. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
| # | Locality | Population[3] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tingsryd | 3,168 |
| 2 | Ryd | 1,468 |
| 3 | Urshult | 984 |
| 4 | Väckelsång | 970 |
| 5 | Konga | 494 |
| 6 | Linneryd | 463 |
| 7 | Rävemåla | 308 |
Demographics
editThis is a demographic table based on Tingsryd Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[4]
In total there were 12,299 residents, including 9,188 Swedish citizens of voting age.[4] 40.0% voted for the left coalition and 58.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Almundsryd | 2,177 | 1,642 | 35.6 | 63.2 | 75 | 76 | 24 | 21,766 | 22 |
| S Sandsjö | 1,088 | 757 | 39.2 | 59.6 | 77 | 77 | 23 | 22,248 | 30 |
| Tingsryd 1 | 1,588 | 1,161 | 43.2 | 55.4 | 73 | 72 | 28 | 23,276 | 26 |
| Tingsryd 2 | 2,093 | 1,648 | 41.6 | 57.1 | 85 | 84 | 16 | 23,648 | 27 |
| Urshult | 1,857 | 1,358 | 44.2 | 54.9 | 78 | 81 | 19 | 22,293 | 30 |
| Väckelsång | 1,591 | 1,194 | 41.8 | 57.1 | 83 | 88 | 12 | 24,703 | 31 |
| Älmeboda | 1,905 | 1,428 | 36.1 | 62.0 | 82 | 86 | 14 | 23,270 | 29 |
| Source: SVT[4] | |||||||||
Sights
editIn the forest near the town of Ryd there is a remotely located car cemetery with cars from 1930–1960. It is visited by some 1,000 people interested in curiosities every year.
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Tätorter". Statistiska Centralbyrån (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Tingsryd i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
External links
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- Tingsryd Municipality - Official site