Hylte Municipality facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hylte Municipality Hylte kommun
Municipality
Hylte town hall
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Halland County
Seat	Hyltebruk
Area
• Total	1,052.37 km2 (406.32 sq mi)
• Land	951.14 km2 (367.24 sq mi)
• Water	101.23 km2 (39.09 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population  (June 30, 2012)
• Total	10,216
• Density	9.7076/km2 (25.1426/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.

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.

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