Within Sweden, and as part of Gnosjö region, it's regarded as being both cultural and industrially dominated.

The municipality is notably home to Scandinavian Raceway in Anderstorp, the only Swedish circuit to host a Formula One Grand Prix as it held the Swedish Grand Prix for six years in the 1970s.

The municipality has been inhabited for a long time, but without any significant urban areas.

It is the tenth largest lake in Sweden and offers fishing, canoeing and other nature activities.

There are eight urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Gislaved Municipality.

This is a demographic table based on Gislaved Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

Ruth Johannesson from the local Civic Party in Gisalved heads the opposition.