Värnamo Municipality

Värnamo Municipality
Värnamo kommun
Town hall
Motto: 
Den mänskliga tillväxtkommunen (sv)
Värnamo Municipality in Jönköping County
Coordinates: 57°11′N 14°02′E / 57.183°N 14.033°E / 57.183; 14.033
CountrySweden
ProvinceSmåland
CountyJönköping County
Established1 January 1971
SeatVärnamo
Government
  TypeMunicipal council
  MayorTobias Pettersson (Moderate Party)
Area
  Total
1,382.41 km2 (533.75 sq mi)
  Land1,216.17 km2 (469.57 sq mi)
  Water166.24 km2 (64.19 sq mi)
Population
  Total
34,502
  Rank76th in Sweden
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
Municipal code0683
Websitekommun.varnamo.se (in Swedish)

Värnamo Municipality (Swedish: Värnamo kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County in southern Sweden, where the town Värnamo is seat.

The municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Värnamo (itself instituted in 1920) was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities to form an entity of unitary type. There are fourteen original units making up the present municipality.