Sävsjö Municipality

Municipality in Jönköping County, Sweden

Sävsjö Municipality Sävsjö kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 57°24′N 14°40′E / 57.400°N 14.667°E / 57.400; 14.667
Country	Sweden
County	Jönköping County
Seat	Sävsjö
Area ^[1]
• Total	729.23 km² (281.56 sq mi)
• Land	679.05 km² (262.18 sq mi)
• Water	50.18 km² (19.37 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	11,668
• Density	16/km² (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Småland
Municipal code	0684
Website	www.savsjo.se

Sävsjö Municipality (Sävsjö kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden where the town Sävsjö is seat.

The municipality was created by the local government reform of 1971, when the City of Sävsjö (instituted as late as 1947) was amalgamated with parts of two adjacent rural municipalities. Two years later it was completed when Hjälmseryd was added.

Geography

The municipality is located on the South Swedish highlands and comprise the old Västra Härad. It is considered a scenic place because the forests are not as dense as in the rest of Småland and the terrain is more varied.

Localities

There are four urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Sävsjö 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
1	Sävsjö	5,068
2	Vrigstad	1,432
3	Stockaryd	1,003
4	Rörvik	555

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Sävsjö 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 11,700 residents, including 8,376 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 34.0% voted for the left coalition and 63.9% 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

Rörvik

1,244

908

26.3

71.3

22,900

Stockaryd

1,663

1,218

32.9

65.3

22,509

Sävsjö Ljunga

1,998

1,476

35.6

62.6

23,332

Sävsjö S

2,568

1,832

37.8

59.6

24,264

Sävsjö Vallsjö

2,174

1,499

38.5

58.9

25,306

Vrigstad

2,053

1,443

28.7

70.3

25,606

Source: SVT^[3]

History

The area has been inhabited since early Stone Age. Both archeological finds and the five medieval churches from the 12th century stands as reminiscence from those days. A few kilometers from where the town Sävsjö is located today, was for instance the centre of the old administrative court house called Västra Härad Court.

Today

Sävsjö Municipality is working hard to increase its population. It currently has a half-price offer when buying plots of land with the intention of building a house here.

Politically Sävsjö Municipality is a stronghold of the Kristdemokraterna, the Christian Democrats (12 mandates of 39). The party is the largest in the municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige).

In contemporary Sweden today, Sävsjö Municipality is perhaps most known for the successful handball team Sävsjö HK.

References

Statistics Sweden

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Sävsjö i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2024.