Sollefteå Municipality

Sollefteå Municipality Sollefteå kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 63°10′N 17°16′E
Country	Sweden
County	Västernorrland County
Seat	Sollefteå
Area
• 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)
• 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

• Forsmo
• Junsele
• Långsele
• Näsåker
• Ramsele
• Sollefteå (the seat)
• Österforse

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:

• Põltsamaa, Estonia
• Nykarleby, Finland
• Esashi, Japan
• Steinkjer, Norway
• Rudniki, Poland
• Madison, Mississippi, U.S.

External links

• Sollefteå - Official site