Hylte Municipality

Municipality in Halland County, Sweden

Hylte Municipality Hylte kommun
Municipality
Hylte town hall
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 57°00′N 13°15′E / 57.000°N 13.250°E / 57.000; 13.250
Country	Sweden
County	Halland County
Seat	Hyltebruk
Area ^[1]
• Total	1,046.59 km² (404.09 sq mi)
• Land	946.08 km² (365.28 sq mi)
• Water	100.51 km² (38.81 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	10,299
• Density	9.8/km² (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Halland and Småland
Municipal code	1315
Website	www.hylte.se

Hylte Municipality (Hylte kommun) is the only inland municipality of Halland County in southwest Sweden. The industrial town Hyltebruk is the seat of the municipality.

The first Hylte Municipality was created in 1952 through the amalgamation of three minor units in Jönköping County. In 1974 further amalgamations took place and the county boundary was redrawn.

Geography

The municipality straddles the boundary of two historic provinces, Halland and Småland.

Localities

There are 6 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Hylte 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	Hyltebruk	3,742
2	Torup	1,239
3	Unnaryd	760
4	Rydöbruk	385
5	Landeryd	372
6	Kinnared	297

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Hylte Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 10,590 residents, including 7,442 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 44.1% voted for the left coalition and 55.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Hyltebruk

1,218

879

51.4

47.7

18,852

Kinnared-Drängsered

1,013

723

36.6

62.1

23,897

Landeryd-Långaryd

1,293

963

41.2

57.8

25,671

Rydöbruk-Femsjö

841

578

38.3

61.5

23,231

Staffansbo

1,491

1,073

46.1

53.5

25,927

Torup

1,706

1,256

44.4

54.7

23,022

Unnaryd-Jälluntofta

1,238

870

43.7

55.2

22,583

Örnabäckshult

1,790

1,100

47.9

50.8

23,157

Source: SVT^[3]

References

^ "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.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Hylte i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.