| Sävsjö Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Sävsjö kommun |
| Native Name Lang: | sv |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Coordinates: | 57.4°N 54°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jönköping County |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Sävsjö |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Note: | Area as of . |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Province |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Småland |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 0684 |
| Iso Code: | SE |
| Website: | www.savsjo.se |
Sävsjö Municipality (Sävsjö kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden where the town Sävsjö is seat.
The municipality was created by the local government reform of 1971, when the City of Sävsjö (instituted as late as 1947) was amalgamated with parts of two adjacent rural municipalities. Two years later it was completed when Hjälmseryd was added.
The municipality is located on the South Swedish highlands and comprise the old Västra Härad. It is considered a scenic place because the forests are not as dense as in the rest of Småland and the terrain is more varied.
There are four urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Sävsjö 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 | Sävsjö | 5,068 | |
| 2 | 1,432 | ||
| 3 | 1,003 | ||
| 4 | 555 |
This is a demographic table based on Sävsjö Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[1]
In total there were 11,700 residents, including 8,376 Swedish citizens of voting age.[1] 34.0% voted for the left coalition and 63.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | |||||||||||||||||
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| data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | |||||||
| Rörvik | 1,244 | 908 | 26.3 | 71.3 | 82 | 82 | 18 | 22,900 | 31 | ||||||||
| Stockaryd | 1,663 | 1,218 | 32.9 | 65.3 | 79 | 78 | 22 | 22,509 | 29 | ||||||||
| Sävsjö Ljunga | 1,998 | 1,476 | 35.6 | 62.6 | 79 | 77 | 23 | 23,332 | 30 | ||||||||
| Sävsjö S | 2,568 | 1,832 | 37.8 | 59.6 | 75 | 70 | 30 | 24,264 | 30 | ||||||||
| Sävsjö Vallsjö | 2,174 | 1,499 | 38.5 | 58.9 | 80 | 67 | 33 | 25,306 | 30 | ||||||||
| Vrigstad | 2,053 | 1,443 | 28.7 | 70.3 | 84 | 85 | 15 | 25,606 | 34 | ||||||||
| Source: SVT | |||||||||||||||||
The area has been inhabited since early Stone Age. Both archeological finds and the five medieval churches from the 12th century stands as reminiscence from those days. A few kilometers from where the town Sävsjö is located today, was for instance the centre of the old administrative court house called Västra Härad Court.
Sävsjö Municipality is working hard to increase its population. It currently has a half-price offer when buying plots of land with the intention of building a house here.
Politically Sävsjö Municipality is a stronghold of the Kristdemokraterna, the Christian Democrats (12 mandates of 39). The party is the largest in the municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige).
In contemporary Sweden today, Sävsjö Municipality is perhaps most known for the successful handball team Sävsjö HK.