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Sollefteå Municipality

Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden

Sollefteå Municipality Sollefteå kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 63°10′N 17°16′E / 63.167°N 17.267°E / 63.167; 17.267
Country	Sweden
County	Västernorrland County
Seat	Sollefteå
Area ^[1]
• Total	5,761.82 km² (2,224.65 sq mi)
• Land	5,397.82 km² (2,084.11 sq mi)
• Water	364 km² (141 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	18,523
• Density	3.2/km² (8.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Ångermanland
Municipal code	2283
Website	www.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]

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.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Boteå

789

639

59.6

38.8

21,812

721

547

59.6

38.7

26,385

Edsele

432

343

61.6

36.7

20,918

Graninge

378

315

64.8

33.0

20,114

Helgum

696

552

50.0

49.3

22,754

Hullsta

1,634

1,327

63.2

35.2

19,135

Junsele

1,233

980

54.2

43.4

19,865

Långsele

1,711

1,224

56.0

42.7

20,602

Prästbordet

1,205

952

59.9

39.5

27,161

Ramsele

1,304

1,030

58.2

39.7

20,890

Remsle

1,689

1,304

58.9

40.4

27,479

Resele

552

426

51.1

47.6

24,029

Skärvsta

1,277

919

59.8

39.8

25,669

Trästa

1,663

1,328

59.5

38.6

22,483

Ådalsliden

1,022

820

63.7

34.0

20,780

Önsta

1,845

1,310

60.1

38.1

21,007

Österforse

612

473

52.0

47.7

26,826

Source: SVT^[3]

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Sollefteå is twinned with:

References

^ "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.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Sollefteå i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2024.