Gagnef Municipality

Coordinates: 60°33′N 15°08′E / 60.550°N 15.133°E / 60.550; 15.133
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Gagnef Municipality
Gagnefs kommun
Coat of arms of Gagnef Municipality
Coordinates: 60°33′N 15°08′E / 60.550°N 15.133°E / 60.550; 15.133
CountrySweden
CountyDalarna County
SeatDjurås
Area
 • Total812.3221 km2 (313.6393 sq mi)
 • Land767.1521 km2 (296.1991 sq mi)
 • Water45.17 km2 (17.44 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total10,430
 • Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceDalarna
Municipal code2026
Websitewww.gagnef.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Gagnef Municipality (Gagnefs kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Djurås with 2,257 inhabitants, with the largest town being Mockfjärd with 2365 inhabitants. The locality of Gagnef itself is a smaller village.

In 1971 "old" Gagnef was amalgamated with Floda, forming the present municipality.

The industry is dominated by small and semi-small companies mainly operating in the forest industry.

Geographically, the two rivers of the Västerdal River and the Österdal River flow together in Gagnef to form the Dal River, as represented in the municipality's coat of arms.

Localities[edit]

Demographics[edit]

This is a demographic table based on Gagnef Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]

In total there were 10,500 residents, including 8,044 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 44.1% voted for the left coalition and 55.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Riksdag elections[edit]

Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
1973[4] 92.0 5,652 3.0 42.8 41.5 5.1 1.8 5.2 45.8 51.8
1976[5] 92.9 6,184 2.6 41.6 38.6 9.0 1.8 6.3 44.1 53.9
1979[6] 90.7 6,325 3.6 43.1 32.3 6.6 2.4 11.6 46.7 50.6
1982[7] 92.1 6,468 3.3 45.3 2.0 27.4 3.8 2.7 15.3 48.6 46.5
1985[8] 90.6 6,464 3.3 45.0 2.1 24.1 11.4 14.0 48.3 49.4
1988[9] 86.1 6,186 4.2 42.9 6.6 22.2 8.9 4.4 10.7 53.7 41.7
1991[10] 86.2 6,452 3.1 38.3 4.7 17.3 5.9 8.9 13.6 6.9 41.4 45.6
1994[11] 87.0 6,529 5.4 45.9 7.5 15.2 4.7 5.1 14.3 1.2 58.8 39.3
1998[12] 81.7 6,078 12.3 35.7 7.3 10.3 2.8 14.3 14.5 55.3 41.9
2002[13] 79.4 5,802 7.3 40.4 4.5 15.1 8.9 10.6 9.9 0.8 52.2 44.5
2006[14] 81.5 6,081 5.7 38.6 4.1 16.3 4.1 7.3 18.2 48.4 45.9
2010[15] 85.8 6,542 5.0 34.9 6.1 12.3 4.1 5.7 23.7 7.3 45.9 45.7
2014[16] 88.1 6,771 5.1 32.7 4.3 11.6 3.1 4.2 18.1 17.3 42.2 37.0
2018[17] 89.3 6,901 6.1 27.4 2.8 13.7 3.8 8.5 14.4 21.8 50.0 48.4

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Gagnef i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  5. ^ "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  6. ^ "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  7. ^ "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  8. ^ "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  9. ^ "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  10. ^ "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  11. ^ "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  12. ^ "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  13. ^ "Gagnef - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  14. ^ "Gagnef - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  15. ^ "Gagnef - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  16. ^ "Gagnef - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  17. ^ "Gagnef - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.

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