Key facts
- Country
- Sweden
- County
- Kronoberg County
- Seat
- Växjö
- Total
- 1,914.25 km (739.10 sq mi)
- Land
- 1,665.51 km (643.06 sq mi)
- Water
- 248.74 km (96.04 sq mi)
- Density
- 58.884/km (152.51/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Postal code
- 35002 - 35597
- Iso 3166 code
- SE
- Province
- Småland
- Municipal code
- 0780
- Website
- www.vaxjo.se
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 1971
- Location
- Vaxjo, Sweden
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.465265.6 · ISNI 0000 0004 0477 4118
Official website
Vaxjo.se - Växjö kommun
Välkommen till Växjö kommuns officiella webbplats med information och service för invånare, företagare och besökare.
vaxjo.se →Link to the official site · 8,213 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Sweden
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Kronoberg County
- Capital
- Växjö
- Population
- 98940
- Area
- 249.36
- Elevation
- 167
- Shares border with
- Vetlanda Municipality
- Employees
- 7725
- Legal form
- municipality of Sweden
- Official website
- www.vaxjo.se
- Image
- Växjö station och kommunhus.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0470
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Växjö Municipality
- Commons category
- Växjö Municipality
- topic's main category
- Category:Växjö Municipality
- inception
- 1971-01-01
- twinned administrative body
- Schwerin
- short name
- Växjö
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- postal code
- 350 03–359 99
- catchphrase
- Europas grönaste stad
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.vaxjo.se/sidor/politik-och-demokrati/sjalvservice-e-tjanster-och-blanketter/e-tjanst-for-medborgarforslag.html
- phone number
- +46-470-41000
- freedom of information requests URL
- handlingar.se/en/new/vaxjo_municipality
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Växjö Municipality (Swedish: Växjö kommun) is a municipality in Kronoberg County in southern Sweden, where Växjö is the seat.
The municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the City of Växjö with the surrounding municipalities. The number of original local government entities (as of 1863) included in the present municipality is 29.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Växjö Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.