Hylte Municipality

Hylte Municipality (Hylte kommun) is the only inland municipality of Halland County in southwest Sweden. The industrial town Hyltebruk is the seat of the municipality.

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Municipality
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Halland County
Seat	Hyltebruk
Area [1]
• Total	1,046.59 km^2 (404.09 sq mi)
• Land	946.08 km^2 (365.28 sq mi)
• Water	100.51 km^2 (38.81 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2019)[2]
• Total	10,815
• Density	10/km^2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Halland and Småland
Municipal code	1315
Website	www.hylte.se

The first Hylte Municipality was created in 1952 through the amalgamation of three minor units in Jönköping County. In 1974 further amalgamations took place and the county boundary was redrawn.

Geography

The municipality straddles the boundary of two historic provinces, Halland and Småland.

Localities

There are 6 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Hylte 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	Hyltebruk	3,742
2	Torup	1,239
3	Unnaryd	760
4	Rydöbruk	385
5	Landeryd	372
6	Kinnared	297

References

1. "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.
2. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.

• Statistics Sweden

External links

• Hylte Municipality - Official site