Aneby Municipality

Aneby Municipality (Swedish: Aneby kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County in southern Sweden, where the town Aneby is the seat.

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Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 57°50′N 14°48′E
Country	Sweden
County	Jönköping County
Seat	Aneby
Area [1]
• Total	553.89 km2 (213.86 sq mi)
• Land	517.76 km2 (199.91 sq mi)
• Water	36.13 km2 (13.95 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2024)[2]
• Total	6,797
• Density	12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Småland
Municipal code	0604
Website	www.aneby.se

The municipality was formed in 1967 when the municipalities of Bredestad and Hullaryd, both created in 1952 were amalgamated. The name was taken from the largest locality, Aneby, which was chosen as the seat. Before 1952 there were nine municipalities in the area.

Localities

There are 3 urban areas (or localities) in Aneby 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	Aneby	3,374
2	Sundhultsbrunn	314
3	Frinnaryd	225

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Aneby Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 6,887 residents, including 5,113 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 39.6% voted for the left coalition and 58.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location	Residents	Citizen adults	Left vote	Right vote	Employed	Swedish parents	Foreign heritage	Income SEK	Degree
			%	%
Aneby S	2,478	1,761	42.5	55.6	77	73	27	22,185	32
Aneby V	2,466	1,920	38.3	60.0	86	91	9	27,506	34
Aneby Ö	1,943	1,432	40.1	58.4	84	88	12	26,175	31
Source: SVT[3]

Demography

Aneby Municipality is the smallest municipality in the county. In 1994, the population in the municipality was at an all-time high of 7,300 persons, which is attributed to refugees from former Yugoslavia. The population has since decreased, to the regret of the officials who are promoting to get it populated to the 8,000 inhabitants its service is designated for.

Politics

Result of the 2010 election:

• Moderate Party 22,59%
• Centre Party 12,31%
• Liberal People's Party 5,05%
• Christian Democrats 17,66%
• Swedish Social Democratic Party 26,62%
• Left Party 2,99%
• Green Party 4,60%
• Sweden Democrats 7,62%
• Other Parties 0,57%