Uppvidinge Municipality
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 Uppvidinge in western Kronoberg County Missing image Kronoberg_Municipalities.png See also:Municipalities of Sweden | Coat of arms Missing image .jpg Uppvidinge City Arms | |
| Seat | Uppvidinge | |
| County | Kronoberg County | |
| Province | Smalandia | |
| Area Rank | 1,1780 km² 82nd of 290 | |
| Population Rank | 9,514 (2005) x of 290 | |
| Density | 8/km² | |
Uppvidinge is a municipality in Kronoberg County, in southern Sweden with its seat in the town of Åseda. It has a rather small population but states "A small municipality embiggens the man". The largest urban area, is Åseda with 2,500 inhabitants.
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 Smalandia. The name uppvidinge itself means something like forest on a hill. There has never really been any city in the municipality, so with the Swedish municipal reform in 1971-74, when Uppvidinge became a municipality, they resorted to a name from a document from 1568, referring to a nearby jurisdiction. The insignia used by those people became the city arms, depicting a herb of some kind in a red color.
See also
External links
- Uppvidinge (http://www.uppvidinge.se/) - Official sitesv:Uppvidinge