Ljungby, Sweden
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Ljungby
Ljungby
Coordinates: 56°50′N 13°56′E / 56.833, 13.933
Country	Sweden
Municipality	Ljungby Municipality
County	Kronoberg County
Province	Småland
Area [1]
- Total	10.85 km² (4.2 sq mi)
Population (2005-12-31)[1]
- Total	14,810
- Density	1,365/km² (3,535.3/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Ljungby is a town in Småland, Sweden, and the seat of Ljungby Municipality in Kronoberg County. It has a population of 14,810 (2005).

Ljungby was originally a köping (instituted in 1829), which did not become a municipality of its own when the first local government acts took effect in 1863, but retained part of the surrounding rural municipality with the same name. In 1936 Ljungby got the title of a city. It is since 1971 the seat of the much larger Ljungby Municipality.

Much of the town centre was destroyed in a fire in 1953. The (at the time) modern style of the rebuilding remains controversial locally.

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Ljungby, Sweden

Ljungby, Sweden is one of 133 towns with the historical City status in Sweden.

Coordinates: 56°50′N 13°56′E / 56.833, 13.933