Sollefteå Municipality

Coordinates: 63°10′N 17°16′E / 63.167°N 17.267°E / 63.167; 17.267
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Sollefteå Municipality
Sollefteå kommun
Coat of arms of Sollefteå Municipality
Coordinates: 63°10′N 17°16′E / 63.167°N 17.267°E / 63.167; 17.267
CountrySweden
CountyVästernorrland County
SeatSollefteå
Area
 • Total5,761.82 km2 (2,224.65 sq mi)
 • Land5,397.82 km2 (2,084.11 sq mi)
 • Water364 km2 (141 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total18,523
 • Density3.2/km2 (8.3/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceÅngermanland
Municipal code2283
Websitewww.solleftea.se

Sollefteå Municipality (Swedish: Sollefteå kommun) is a Swedish municipality in Västernorrland County. Its seat is located in Sollefteå.

The former City of Sollefteå (instituted in 1917) was amalgamated with the surrounding entities in 1974 to form the present municipality. It consists of fifteen original (1863) units.

Historically, the name is found as early as the 13th century in the form of the Latin De Solatum, which would translate to "The Sunny Place" (or so). A market place was situated here in 1602 on Royal permission. The city's coat of arms depicts a Black Grouse.

Geography[edit]

Geographically, the landscape is dominated by woods, and by the Ångerman River and its tributaries Faxälven and Fjällsjöälven, which cross through the municipality.

Localities[edit]

Demographics[edit]

This is a demographic table based on Sollefteå 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 18,763 residents, including 14,489 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 58.5% voted for the left coalition and 40.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

International relations[edit]

Twin towns — Sister cities[edit]

Sollefteå is twinned with:

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 Sollefteå i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2024.

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