Värnamo Municipality
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This article is about the Swedish municipality. For the town, see Värnamo.
Värnamo Municipality (Värnamo kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County in southern Sweden, where the town Värnamo is seat.
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Värnamo Municipality
Värnamo kommun | |
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Motto: Den mänskliga tillväxtkommunen (sv) | |
Coordinates: 57°11′N 14°02′E | |
Country | Sweden |
Province | Småland |
County | Jönköping County |
Established | 1 January 1971 |
Seat | Värnamo |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal council |
• Mayor | Tobias Pettersson (Moderate Party) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,382.41 km2 (533.75 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,216.17 km2 (469.57 sq mi) |
• Water | 166.24 km2 (64.19 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 34,531 |
• Rank | 76th in Sweden |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | SE |
Municipal code | 0683 |
Website | kommun |
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The municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Värnamo (itself instituted in 1920) was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities to form an entity of unitary type. There are fourteen original units making up the present municipality.