Åtvidaberg Municipality

municipality in Östergötland County, Sweden

Key facts

Country: Sweden
County: Östergötland County
Seat: Åtvidaberg
Total: 780.27 km (301.26 sq mi)
Land: 686.62 km (265.11 sq mi)
Water: 93.65 km (36.16 sq mi)
Density: 16.757/km (43.402/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+1 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+2 ( CEST )
Iso 3166 code: SE
Province: Östergötland and Småland
Municipal code: 0561
Website: www.atvidaberg.se

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Åtvidaberg Municipality (Swedish: Åtvidabergs kommun) is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeastern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Åtvidaberg, with some 7,000 inhabitants.

The present municipality was established in 1971 when the market town (köping) of Åtvidaberg (instituted in 1947) was amalgamated with its surrounding rural municipalities. A part of the present territory was transferred from Kalmar County.