Sollefteå Municipality
Sollefteå kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Sollefteå Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 63°10′N 17°16′E / 63.167°N 17.267°E / 63.167; 17.267
CountrySweden
CountyVästernorrland County
SeatSollefteå
Area
[1]
 • 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 2021)[2]
 • Total18,814
 • Density3.3/km2 (8.5/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.[3]

Residents include everyone registered as living in the district, regardless of age or citizenship status. Valid voters indicate Swedish citizens above the age of 18 who therefore can vote in general elections. Left vote and right vote indicate the result between the two major blocs in said district in the 2022 general election. Employment indicates the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers. Foreign background is defined as residents either born abroad or with two parents born outside of Sweden. Median income is the received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor. The section about college graduates indicates any degree accumulated after high school.

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.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

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 i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Valresultat 2022 för Sollefteå i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
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