Ragunda Municipality
Ragunda Municipality Ragunda kommun | |
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 Ragunda old church | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 63°06′N 16°21′E / 63.100°N 16.350°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Jämtland County |
| Seat | Hammarstrand |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,633.11 km2 (1,016.65 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,511.14 km2 (969.56 sq mi) |
| • Water | 121.97 km2 (47.09 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 5,135 |
| • Density | 2.0/km2 (5.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Jämtland |
| Municipal code | 2303 |
| Website | www.ragunda.se |
Ragunda Municipality (Swedish: Ragunda kommun [ˈrɑ̂ːˌɡɵnːda])[3] is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is in Hammarstrand.
The present municipality was formed in 1974, when "old" Ragunda Municipality was amalgamated with the municipalities of Fors and Stugun. Further amalgamations have been discussed due to declining population but have not been carried out.
Ragunda Municipality is known for being the site of the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Building, which is by the village Utanede. Designed as a Thai royal pavilion, the only one of its kind outside Thailand, it was raised in 1997 in commemoration of King Chulalongkorn's visit there a century earlier.
Döda Fallet (The dead waterfall) is an extinct whitewater rapid in a nature reserve and one of the major tourist attractions of the municipality.
Localities
There are four localities (or urban areas) in Ragunda Municipality:[4]
| # | Locality | Population |
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| 1 | Hammarstrand | 1,061 |
| 2 | Stugun | 627 |
| 3 | Västra Bispgården | 523 |
| 4 | Östra Bispgården | 294 |
The municipal seat in bold
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Ragunda Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[5]
In total there were 5,204 residents, including 3,983 Swedish citizens of voting age.[5] 55.2% voted for the left coalition and 43.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Döviken | 773 | 608 | 55.3 | 42.7 | 83 | 91 | 9 | 22,141 | 21 |
| Fors | 1,170 | 885 | 49.6 | 48.5 | 79 | 83 | 17 | 20,266 | 19 |
| Hammaren | 1,930 | 1,455 | 58.0 | 41.2 | 81 | 83 | 17 | 22,337 | 22 |
| Stugubyn | 1,331 | 1,035 | 57.4 | 41.2 | 87 | 93 | 7 | 23,599 | 26 |
| Source: SVT[5] | |||||||||
Twin cities
Photo gallery
Statue of Vildhussen in Hammarstrand
See also
- Borgvattnet - The Haunted Vicarage
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.
- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 19.
- ^ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
- ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Ragunda i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Kolme vuosikymmentä pohjoismaisia ystäväkuntasuhteita Karstulassa" (PDF) (in Finnish). Karstulan Pohjola-Norden ry. Retrieved 7 May 2012.[permanent dead link]
External links
- Ragunda Municipality - Official site
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