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Alvesta Municipality

municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden
Organization municipality_of_sweden Q182007

Facts

28 properties

Identity

Instance of
municipality of Sweden
Official website
www.alvesta.se[21]
Short name
Alvesta
Legal form
municipality of Sweden

Status and dates

Inception
1971[19]
Replaces
Alvesta köping, Moheda landskommun, Skatelövs landskommun, Vislanda landskommun, Västra Torsås landskommun

Location

Country
Sweden[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 56.900°, 14.550°[20]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Kronoberg County[2]
Street address
Centralplan 1, Alvesta

Financials

Employees
1.9k (1.9k–1.9k, n=3)

Relations

Part of
Småland, Växjö judicial district[17][18]
More facts +16
Area
100.5 (100.5–1.1k, n=4)
Capital
Alvesta[5]
Catchphrase
Alvesta Nästa!
Coat of arms
Герб комуни Альвеста[16]
Elevation above sea level
+161
Geoshape
🗺️ View shape: Sweden/Municipality/Alvesta
Head of government
Per Ribacke[4]
Main regulatory text
The Swedish Local Government Act[12]
Office held by head of government
chairman of the municipal board in Alvesta Municipality, Sweden
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Govdirectory
Open data portal
Alvesta Municipality Open Data
Phone number
+46-472-15000
Population
20k (19k–20k, n=38)
Position held by head of the organization
chairman of the municipal council in Alvesta Municipality
Shares border with
Växjö Municipality, Ljungby Municipality, Tingsryd Municipality, Älmhult Municipality, Värnamo Municipality, Sävsjö Municipality[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Twinned administrative body
Krasnystaw, Turnov, Lengede[13][14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Alvesta kommun en Alvesta Municipality ar بلدية ألفيستا da Alvesta Kommune de Gemeinde Alvesta el δήμος της Αλβεστας es municipio de Alvesta fa شهر الوستا fi Alvestan kunta fr Alvesta fr commune de Alvesta hu Alvesta község it comune di Alvesta ja アルヴェスタ自治体 ko 알베스타시 nl gemeente Alvesta pl gmina Alvesta pt comuna da Alvesta ro Comuna Alvesta ru Альвеста
🔖 Identifiers · 33
ISNI
0000000404351078
VIAF cluster ID
144398947
Library of Congress authority ID
n93090425
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Alvesta kommunhus.jpg ↗
BabelNet ID
00516764n
Data Commons ID
wikidataId/Q182007
Email address
mailto:kommunen@alvesta.se, mailto:klk@alvesta.se
Facebook username
kommunalvesta
Fandom article ID
sweden:Alvesta_Municipality
Freebase ID
/m/0ztl3
Freedom of information requests URL
handlingar.se
GADM ID
SWE.9.2_1
Show all 33 identifiers +21
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2467381
GeoNames ID
2726306
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Alvesta
Hembygdsportalen ID
217
INaturalist place ID
44890
MusicBrainz area ID
28317a92-87d5-4fdd-b2b8-eaf8def65711
NE.se ID
alvesta
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
geo/F3B24914-64D1-4639-9BBF-AC934F34EC78
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007535443705171
OpenCorporates ID
se/212000-0639
OpenStreetMap relation ID
935435
Quora topic ID
Alvesta
Ringgold ID
192142
Swedish Organization Number
212000-0639
Swedish municipality code
0764
TORA ID
modernmunicipality/076400000
Topic's main category
Category:Alvesta Municipality
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxMqQpb7KJJY6hwpdxdQq
X (Twitter) username
alvestakommun
YouTube channel ID
UCn4kcTJ39OTXuNQIaeyaflQ
YouTube handle
alvestakommun8515

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🔗 Connections
Contained subdivisions 10
Alvesta, Moheda, Torpsbruk, Vislanda, Grimslöv, Hjortsberga, National Park Åsnen, Åsnen +2 more
Shares border with 6
Älmhult Municipality, Ljungby Municipality, Sävsjö Municipality, Tingsryd Municipality, Värnamo Municipality, Växjö Municipality
← Shares border with 6
Älmhult Municipality, Ljungby Municipality, Sävsjö Municipality, Tingsryd Municipality, Värnamo Municipality, Växjö Municipality
People born here 3
Sven Nykvist, Torsten Hägerstrand, Joe Labero
Twinned administrative body 3
Krasnystaw, Turnov, Lengede
← Category combines topics 2
Category:Populated places in Alvesta Municipality, Category:People from Alvesta Municipality
← Twinned administrative body 2
Turnov, Lengede
Capital 1
Alvesta
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Alvesta Municipality
Country 1
Sweden
Instance of 1
municipality of Sweden
Legal form 1
municipality of Sweden
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Kronoberg County
Main regulatory text 1
The Swedish Local Government Act
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
WikiProject Govdirectory
Part of 1
Småland
People who died here 1
Göran Hagberg
Topic's main category 1
Category:Alvesta Municipality
← Capital of 1
Alvesta
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Alvesta Municipality
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Kronoberg County
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Summary

Alvesta Municipality is a municipality of Sweden[1].

Body

Identity

Part of include Småland[17], a province of Sweden[22], in Sweden[23] and Växjö judicial district[18], a judicial district[24], in Sweden[25], founded in 1971[26].

Related Entities

Sven Nykvist Sweden WikiProject Govdirectory

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  18. [19] ↑ . Sveriges kommunindelning 1863–1993. wikidata.org.
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · NnieAndersson · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be', 'bg', 'ceb', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fo', 'fr',
    Head of government → Per Ribacke
    Sitelink count → 39
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Head of government: Per Ribacke"
  2. 11w ago · Larske · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+19445'}, {'amount': '+19900'}, {'amount': '+19950'} +35
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48879|batch #48879]]: adding P1082 as of 2026Q2 for Swedish municipalities"
  3. 24w ago · LarskeBot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+19445'}, {'amount': '+19900'}, {'amount': '+19950'} +35
    Position held by head of the organization → chairman of the municipal council in Alvesta Municipality
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Population: 19,692, Adding P1082 for 2026-03-31"
  4. 25w ago · Salgo60 · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Alvesta
    Open data portal → Alvesta Municipality Open Data
    Employees → {'amount': '+1875'}, {'amount': '+1875'}, {'amount': '+1875'}
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+161'}
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ NE.se ID: alvesta, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/12734270|Alvesta (#12734270)]] for {{P|3222}}"
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