Tingsryd Municipality

Tingsryd Municipality Tingsryds kommun
Municipality
Tingsryd Town Hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 56°32′N14°59′E / 56.533°N 14.983°E / 56.533; 14.983 Coordinates: 56°32′N14°59′E / 56.533°N 14.983°E / 56.533; 14.983
Country	Sweden
County	Kronoberg County
Seat	Tingsryd
Area [1]
• Total	1,207.24 km2 (466.12 sq mi)
• Land	1,044.88 km2 (403.43 sq mi)
• Water	162.36 km2 (62.69 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2019) [2]
• Total	12,393
• Density	10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Småland
Municipal code	0763
Website	www.tingsryd.se

Tingsryd Municipality (Tingsryds kommun) is a municipality in Småland, southern Sweden, in southeastern Kronoberg County, where the town Tingsryd is seat.

The present municipality was formed by the local government reform of 1971 when the market town ( köping ) Tingsryd (instituted in 1921) was amalgamated with its surrounding entities.

Tingsryd is most famous for its hockey team Tingsryds AIF. The club has delivered several players to the NHL and are currently playing in Hockeyallsvenskan.

Tingsryd Municipality refers to itself as the "Horse Capital" because of a close connection to horses; they are housing nearly 2,000 horses. The new Tingsryd horse racing track (opened 27 July 2003) is the only one in Northern Europe being a mile (1,609 m) long and gathers every kind of equestrian sport.

Geography

Tingsryd Municipality is located in an area of traditional Mid-Sweden forestry, with some agriculture areas, and the geography is also taken up by many small lakes. Much of the population (38% estimated) of the municipality still live in rural areas, the rest live in almost equally populated small towns, without any densely populated central city in the municipality.

The Mien crater, the result of a meteorite impact some 120 million years ago, lies 11 km southwest of Tingsryd. Being sparsely populated, it is regarded as a safe environment far from urban stress.

Localities

There are 7 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Tingsryd Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2018. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population [3]
1	Tingsryd	3,168
2	Ryd	1,468
3	Urshult	984
4	Väckelsång	970
5	Konga	494
6	Linneryd	463
7	Rävemåla	308

Sights

In the forest near the town of Ryd there is a remotely located car cemetery with cars from 1930–1960. It is visited by some 1,000 people interested in curiosities every year.

References

• Statistics Sweden

1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
2. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
3. "Tätorter". Statistiska Centralbyrån (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-04-26.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tingsryd Municipality .

• Tingsryd Municipality - Official site