| Uppvidinge Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Uppvidinge kommun |
| Native Name Lang: | sv |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kronoberg County |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Åseda |
| 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: | 0760 |
| Iso Code: | SE |
| Website: | www.uppvidinge.se |
Uppvidinge Municipality (Uppvidinge kommun) is a municipality in Kronoberg County, southern Sweden, with its seat in the town of Åseda.
The present municipality, which took its name from a hundred, was formed by the local government reform of 1971 when Lenhovda, Nottebäck, Åseda and Älghult were amalgamated. The number of original entities, as of 1863, is six. The first amalgamation in the area (Granhult merged with Nottebäck) took place already in 1915.
The municipality has a rather small population but its slogan states "In a Small Municipality Man Becomes Large".
More than 80% of the area is covered with forests, making it live up to the general public's impression of the "dark" province of Småland. The name Uppvidinge itself means something like forest on a hill. The coat of arms is based on the insignia of Uppvidinge Hundred, from a document from 1568. It depicts a herb of unknown species in a red color.
There are 5 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Uppvidinge 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 | Åseda | 2,430 | |
| 2 | 1,714 | ||
| 3 | 1,269 | ||
| 4 | 859 | ||
| 5 | 481 |
This is a demographic table based on Uppvidinge 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 9,423 residents, including 6,679 Swedish citizens of voting age.[1] 40.4% voted for the left coalition and 58.1% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
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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" | |||||||
| Lenhovda | 2,309 | 1,737 | 40.0 | 58.9 | 82 | 76 | 24 | 25,509 | 22 | ||||||||
| Nottebäck | 1,739 | 1,253 | 43.5 | 55.5 | 79 | 77 | 23 | 24,445 | 26 | ||||||||
| Åseda N | 1,853 | 1,303 | 38.1 | 60.4 | 81 | 70 | 30 | 24,146 | 24 | ||||||||
| Åseda S | 1,499 | 992 | 36.0 | 61.5 | 75 | 70 | 30 | 24,374 | 28 | ||||||||
| Älghult | 2,023 | 1,394 | 41.9 | 56.7 | 76 | 71 | 29 | 21,680 | 25 | ||||||||
| Source: SVT | |||||||||||||||||