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Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden
Sollefteå Municipality Sollefteå kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Sollefteå MunicipalityCoat of arms
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 km (2,224.65 sq mi)
 • Land5,397.82 km (2,084.11 sq mi)
 • Water364 km (141 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 • Total18,523
 • Density3.2/km (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

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

Localities

Demographics

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.

In total there were 18,763 residents, including 14,489 Swedish citizens of voting age. 58.5% voted for the left coalition and 40.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Residents Citizen
adults 		Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents 		Foreign
heritage 		Income
SEK 		Degree
% %
Boteå 789 639 59.6 38.8 76 91 9 21,812 30
Ed 721 547 59.6 38.7 88 94 6 26,385 34
Edsele 432 343 61.6 36.7 83 90 10 20,918 18
Graninge 378 315 64.8 33.0 80 89 11 20,114 26
Helgum 696 552 50.0 49.3 83 90 10 22,754 27
Hullsta 1,634 1,327 63.2 35.2 71 77 23 19,135 30
Junsele 1,233 980 54.2 43.4 77 89 11 19,865 19
Långsele 1,711 1,224 56.0 42.7 76 83 17 20,602 23
Prästbordet 1,205 952 59.9 39.5 87 94 6 27,161 47
Ramsele 1,304 1,030 58.2 39.7 82 92 8 20,890 22
Remsle 1,689 1,304 58.9 40.4 90 93 7 27,479 41
Resele 552 426 51.1 47.6 87 90 10 24,029 35
Skärvsta 1,277 919 59.8 39.8 79 79 21 25,669 37
Trästa 1,663 1,328 59.5 38.6 75 83 17 22,483 30
Ådalsliden 1,022 820 63.7 34.0 81 90 10 20,780 28
Önsta 1,845 1,310 60.1 38.1 70 71 29 21,007 31
Österforse 612 473 52.0 47.7 88 92 8 26,826 30
Source: SVT

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Sollefteå is twinned with:

References

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

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Places adjacent to Sollefteå Municipality
Dorotea (Västerbotten)
Åsele (Västerbotten)
Strömsund (Jämtland)
Ragunda (Jämtland)		 Sollefteå Örnsköldsvik
Kramfors
Sundsvall Härnösand
Timrå
Municipalities and seats of Västernorrland County
Municipalities Coat of arms of Västernorrland County
Municipal seats
Localities in Sollefteå Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden
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