Bäckaby Explained

Official Name:Bäckaby
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Sweden
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Sweden
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Småland
Subdivision Type2:Counties
Subdivision Name2:Jönköping
Population Total:232
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEDT
Coordinates:57.2678°N 14.9258°W

Bäckaby is a small village south of Vetlanda in the southern Swedish province of Småland. Bäckaby has a stone church, a kindergarten, a summer café and a small hostel called Plymska Huset. Bäckaby's old church was a wooden church which was moved to Jönköping in 1902. Its oldest parts were from the 14th century. The church was burnt to the ground in 2000.