Bruzaholm Explained

Official Name:Bruzaholm
Pushpin Map:Sweden Jönköping#Sweden
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Eksjö Municipality
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Jönköping County
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Småland
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:0.64
Population As Of:31 December 2010
Population Total:250
Population Density Km2:392
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:57.6333°N 31°W
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Cfb

Bruzaholm is a locality situated in Eksjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 250 inhabitants in 2010. It is one of only two inhabited localities in Sweden whose name contain the letter z; the name comes from "Brusan", a name for a nearby river, and the suffix "-holm". It has been spelled in several ways from the 18th century to the early 20th, including "Brysaholm" and "Brusaholm". The current spelling was recommended by in 1948.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 . 14 December 2011. Statistics Sweden. sv. https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls. 27 January 2012. dead . 10 January 2012.
  2. Web site: Bruzaholm. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. sv. April 2019. 5 November 2019.