Editing Ljungby Municipality

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'''Ljungby Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Ljungby kommun}}) is a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Kronoberg County]], southern [[Sweden]], where the town [[Ljungby (town)|Ljungby]] is seat.

In 1971 the ''City of Ljungby'' (1936-1970) was [[Amalgamation (politics)|amalgamated]] with the rural municipalities surrounding it, thus creating the present municipality. In 1974 a minor adjustment of the boundaries took place. There are 19 original entities within the area.

==Geography==
Ljungby Municipality contains a little more plains than average in [[Småland]]. Lakes, forests and plains are never far away. The tenth largest [[lakes in Sweden|lake in Sweden]], [[Bolmen]], is located in the north-western part of the municipality. The town Ljungby is visited by thousands of tourists, mainly from Germany, every summer.

===Localities===
There are 8 [[Urban areas in Sweden|urban area]]s (also called a ''tätort'' or locality) in Ljungby Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Locality !! Population
|-
| 1 || '''[[Ljungby (town)|Ljungby]]''' || 14,810
|-
| 2 || [[Lagan, Sweden|Lagan]] || 1,751
|-
| 3 || [[Ryssby]] || 689
|-
| 4 || [[Lidhult]] || 635
|-
| 5 || [[Kånna]] || 365
|-
| 6 || [[Vittaryd]] || 306
|-
| 7 || [[Angelstad]] || 276
|-
| 8 || [[Agunnaryd]] || 215
|}

The small village of [[Bohok]] is also located within Ljungby Municipality.

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Ljungby Municipality's electoral districts in the [[2022 Swedish general election]] sourced from [[Swedish Television|SVT]]'s election platform, in turn taken from [[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]] official statistics.<ref name=LjungbyVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-0781-ljungby.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Ljungby i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=2 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 28,396 inhabitants, including 21,191 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=LjungbyVal2022/> 40.8% voted for the left coalition and 57.9% 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}} [[Swedish kronor|SEK]]}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}
|-
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! 
! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
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! 
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! 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" | 
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|-
| align="left" |Agunnaryd
| 1,281
| 928
| 34.4
| 64.4
| 87
| 85
| 15
| 26,298
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Angelstad
| 1,418
| 1,136
| 38.1
| 61.1
| 85
| 90
| 10
| 27,200
| 36
|-
| align="left" |Astrad
| 1,721
| 1,255
| 43.9
| 55.0
| 84
| 76
| 24
| 26,695
| 37
|-
| align="left" |Berga V
| 1,323
| 949
| 35.3
| 63.5
| 81
| 79
| 21
| 24,490
| 28
|-
| align="left" |Berga Ö
| 1,386
| 1,062
| 36.3
| 62.7
| 85
| 82
| 18
| 25,011
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Ekebacken
| 1,318
| 998
| 45.2
| 53.6
| 88
| 84
| 16
| 27,583
| 33
|-
| align="left" |Hammaren
| 1,678
| 1,292
| 44.3
| 53.2
| 75
| 65
| 35
| 22,727
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Hamneda
| 1,532
| 1,113
| 32.6
| 65.6
| 83
| 81
| 19
| 24,156
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Hjortsberg V
| 1,468
| 1,201
| 45.1
| 53.6
| 72
| 62
| 38
| 20,581
| 28
|-
| align="left" |Hjortsberg Ö
| 1,696
| 1,199
| 51.3
| 47.9
| 73
| 51
| 49
| 22,648
| 27
|-
| align="left" |Kungshög V
| 1,675
| 1,185
| 44.1
| 54.2
| 80
| 73
| 27
| 24,221
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Kungshög Ö
| 1,644
| 1,311
| 44.6
| 54.0
| 77
| 70
| 30
| 24,008
| 36
|-
| align="left" |Lidhult
| 1,213
| 848
| 41.2
| 57.6
| 70
| 72
| 28
| 21,362
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Ljungsätra
| 1,604
| 1,297
| 42.7
| 56.5
| 79
| 75
| 25
| 23,095
| 35
|-
| align="left" |Ryssby
| 1,704
| 1,246
| 41.4
| 57.5
| 82
| 85
| 15
| 25,613
| 34
|-
| align="left" |Stensberg
| 1,697
| 1,235
| 37.7
| 61.1
| 86
| 76
| 24
| 26,758
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Sunnerbo
| 1,886
| 1,323
| 42.0
| 57.1
| 91
| 79
| 21
| 30,182
| 44
|-
| align="left" |Torpa
| 734
| 556
| 29.8
| 67.4
| 80
| 84
| 16
| 21,975
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Vittaryd-Bolmsö
| 1,418
| 1,057
| 38.4
| 60.3
| 82
| 81
| 19
| 25,401
| 35
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=LjungbyVal2022/>
|}

==History==
Ljungby Municipality traces its history back to the [[Viking Age]]. Vikings followed the river [[Lagan River (Sweden)|Lagan]] and lived in its vicinity, and one of the locations were in what is now Ljungby Municipality.

In the 14th century several important medieval roads went through the municipality. In that century, an inn was established, and this was to form the center of Ljungby town.

During the 19th century the area closest to Ljungby itself consisted mostly of sand without any vegetation, and the government released funds to plant trees which would tie together the sand and make it suitable for plants.

==Sister cities==
The following cities are [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with Ljungby: 
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Ås, Akershus|Ås]], [[Akershus|Akershus fylke]], [[Norway]]
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Paimio]], [[Southwest Finland]], [[Finland]]
*{{flagicon|LIT}} [[Šilutė]], [[Klaipėda County]], [[Lithuania]]

==Notability==
[[Image:Clifford Burton Memorial Stone At Crash Site.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Memorial stone near the crash site.]]
*The opera singer [[Christina Nilsson]] was discovered while performing at the Ljungby market in 1857.
*[[Metallica]] bassist [[Cliff Burton]] died on a highway within the municipality when the band's tour bus overturned on 27 September 1986.

===Born here===
*[[Eskil Erlandsson]] born in Torpa 1957. Former chairman of the Swedish Defence Committee (2002-2006) and current Agriculture ministry(2006-).
*[[John Lind (politician)|John Lind]], [[Governor]] of [[Minnesota]] (1899&ndash;1901), born in [[Kånna]] parish.
*[[Olof Johansson]] (b. 1931), politician, former president of the Swedish [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]].
*[[Peter Westerstrøm]], mass murderer executed in Norway in 1809.

==References==
{{reflist}}
*[http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.ljungby.se/ Ljungby Municipality] - Official site

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Ljungby
 | N  = [[Gislaved Municipality|Gislaved]] ([[Jönköping County|Jönköping]]), [[Värnamo Municipality|Värnamo]] ([[Jönköping County|Jönköping]])
 | E  = [[Alvesta Municipality|Alvesta]]
 | S  = [[Markaryd Municipality|Markaryd]], [[Älmhult Municipality|Älmhult]]
 | SW = [[Laholm Municipality|Laholm]] ([[Halland County|Halland]])
 | W  = [[Halmstad Municipality|Halmstad]] ([[Halland County|Halland]])
 | NW = [[Hylte Municipality|Hylte]] ([[Halland County|Halland]])
}}
{{Kronoberg County}}
{{Localities in Ljungby Municipality}}
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