Härnösand Municipality ( sv, Härnösands kommun) is a

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Västernorrland County Västernorrland County ( sv, Västernorrlands län) is a county (''län'') in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia. The name ''Västernorrland'' means "Western Norrl ...

, northern

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. Its seat is located in

Härnösand Härnösand () is a locality and the seat of Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 17,556 inhabitants in 2010. It is called "the gate to the High Coast" because of the world heritage landscape just a few miles north of H� ...

(pop. 18,000). The present municipality was formed in 1969 through the

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of the ''City of Härnösand'' with '' Säbrå'' (itself created in 1952 when five former entities were merged) and ''Högsjö''. Its coat of arms depict a

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with a

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in its mouth.

Villages

(seat) *

Ramvik Ramvik () is a locality situated in Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 691 inhabitants in 2010. Before 2015, part of the locality belonged to Kramfors Municipality. Also in 2015, the urban area was divided and the north ...

Utansjö Utansjö is a settlement in Härnösand Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden. Until 2015, it was classified by Statistics Sweden as a locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration o ...

Älandsbro Älandsbro () is a locality situated in Härnösand Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is th ...

Ramsås Ramsås () is a village in Härnösand Municipality, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geogr ...

References

External links

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Härnösand
- Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Harnosand Municipality Municipalities of Västernorrland County