Uppvidinge Municipality

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Uppvidinge Municipality

| native_name = Uppvidinge kommun

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| settlement_type = Municipality

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| subdivision_name1 = Kronoberg County

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| seat_type = Seat

| seat = Åseda

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Uppvidinge Municipality ({{langx|sv|Uppvidinge kommun}}) is a municipality in Kronoberg County, southern Sweden, with its seat in the town of Åseda.

The present municipality, which took its name from a hundred, was formed by the local government reform of 1971 when Lenhovda, Nottebäck, Åseda and Älghult were amalgamated. The number of original entities, as of 1863, is six. The first amalgamation in the area (Granhult merged with Nottebäck) took place already in 1915.

The municipality has a rather small population but its slogan states "In a Small Municipality Man Becomes Large".

More than 80% of the area is covered with forests, making it live up to the general public's impression of the "dark" province of Småland. The name Uppvidinge itself means something like forest on a hill. The coat of arms is based on the insignia of Uppvidinge Hundred, from a document from 1568. It depicts a herb of unknown species in a red color.

Localities

There are 5 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Uppvidinge 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.

class="wikitable" ! # !! Locality !! Population
1	Åseda	2,430
2	Lenhovda	1,714
3	Norrhult-Klavreström	1,269
4	Alstermo	859
5	Älghult	481

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Uppvidinge Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-0760-uppvidinge.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Uppvidinge i riksdagsvalet|publisher=SVT|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=27 January 2024}}

In total there were 9,423 residents, including 6,679 Swedish citizens of voting age. 40.4% voted for the left coalition and 58.1% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" ! rowspan="3" \|Location ! {{tooltip\|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status\|Residents}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote\|Citizen {{br}} adults}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %\|Left vote}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %\|Right vote}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %\|Employed}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %\|Swedish {{br}} parents}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %\|Foreign {{br}} heritage}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor\|Income {{br}} SEK}} ! {{tooltip\|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %\|Degree}}
! ! style="background:{{party color\|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" \| ! style="background:{{party color\|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" \| ! ! ! ! !
data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| % ! data-sort-type="number" \| % ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \| ! data-sort-type="number" \|
align="left" \|Lenhovda \| 2,309 \| 1,737 \| 40.0 \| 58.9 \| 82 \| 76 \| 24 \| 25,509 \| 22
align="left" \|Nottebäck \| 1,739 \| 1,253 \| 43.5 \| 55.5 \| 79 \| 77 \| 23 \| 24,445 \| 26
align="left" \|Åseda N \| 1,853 \| 1,303 \| 38.1 \| 60.4 \| 81 \| 70 \| 30 \| 24,146 \| 24
align="left" \|Åseda S \| 1,499 \| 992 \| 36.0 \| 61.5 \| 75 \| 70 \| 30 \| 24,374 \| 28
align="left" \|Älghult \| 2,023 \| 1,394 \| 41.9 \| 56.7 \| 76 \| 71 \| 29 \| 21,680 \| 25
colspan="10" align="left" \|Source: SVT

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! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}}

! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}}

! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}}

! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} SEK}}

! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}

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align="left" |Lenhovda

| 2,309

| 1,737

| 40.0

| 58.9

| 82

| 76

| 24

| 25,509

| 22

align="left" |Nottebäck

| 1,739

| 1,253

| 43.5

| 55.5

| 79

| 77

| 23

| 24,445

| 26

align="left" |Åseda N

| 1,853

| 1,303

| 38.1

| 60.4

| 81

| 70

| 30

| 24,146

| 24

align="left" |Åseda S

| 1,499

| 992

| 36.0

| 61.5

| 75

| 70

| 30

| 24,374

| 28

align="left" |Älghult

| 2,023

| 1,394

| 41.9

| 56.7

| 76

| 71

| 29

| 21,680

| 25

colspan="10" align="left" |Source: SVT

References

=Notes=

[http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]

External links

[http://www.uppvidinge.se/ Uppvidinge Municipality] - Official site
[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwe/u/uppvidin.htm Coat of arms]

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Uppvidinge

| N = Vetlanda (Jönköping)

| NE = Hultsfred (Kalmar)

| E = Högsby (Kalmar)
Nybro (Kalmar)

| S = Lessebo

| W = Växjö

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Category:Municipalities of Kronoberg County