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.