Sollefteå Municipality

Sollefteå Municipality
Sollefteå kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
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 January 1, 2014.
Population (June 30, 2016)[2]
 • Total 19,802
 • Density 3.4/km2 (8.9/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

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

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.

Localities

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Sollefteå is twinned with:

References

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 30 juni 2016" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.

Coordinates: 63°10′N 17°16′E / 63.167°N 17.267°E / 63.167; 17.267

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