Tingsryd Municipality

Tingsryd Municipality
Tingsryds kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Kronoberg County
Seat Tingsryd
Area[1]
 • 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 January 1, 2014.
Population (June 30, 2016)[2]
 • Total 12,360
 • Density 10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Småland
Municipal code 0763
Website www.tingsryd.se

Tingsryd Municipality (Tingsryds kommun) is a municipality in Småland, southern Sweden, in southeastern Kronoberg County, where the town Tingsryd is seat.

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 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 all kinds of horse sports.

Geography

Tingsryd 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

There are 8 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, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

# Locality Population
1 Tingsryd 3,023
2 Ryd 1,446
3 Väckelsång 979
4 Urshult 813
5 Linneryd 541
6 Konga 508
7 Rävemåla 323
8 Fridafors 296

Sights

In 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

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 30 juni 2016" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.

Coordinates: 56°32′N 14°59′E / 56.533°N 14.983°E / 56.533; 14.983

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