Krokom Municipality (, ) is a
municipality
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in
Jämtland County
Jämtland County ( sv, Jämtlands län, ) is a county or '' län'' in the middle of Sweden consisting of the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, along with minor parts of Hälsingland and Ångermanland, plus two small uninhabited strips of ...
in northern
Sweden
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. Its
seat
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is located in
Krokom.
The present municipality was formed in 1974, when the former municipalities of
Alsen,
Föllinge
Föllinge ( Jamtlandic: ''Fö:Ling'', from Old Norse ''Fylingr'' 'little foal') is a locality situated in Krokom Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geograp ...
,
Offerdal Offerdal is a parish (so called ''socken'') and former municipality (pop. 2,100) in Krokom Municipality, Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. The seat of the former municipality Offerdal, Änge, is situated 50 kilometres northwest of Östersund, th ...
and
Rödön were amalgamated. The number of original local government entities in the area is nine, and amalgamations had also taken place in 1952 and 1969.
Localities
There are eleven
localities (or urban areas) in Krokom Municipality:
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The municipal seat is shown in bold
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Methods and use
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Villages
* Flykälen
* Kaxås
* Rönnöfors
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Krokom Municipality:
* Alsens IF
* Ås IF
Ås IF is a Swedish football club located in Ås near Östersund.
Background
Ås IF currently plays in Division 4 Jämtland/Härjedalen which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Hovängen in Ås.
The club ...
References
External links
Krokom Municipality
- Official site
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Municipalities of Jämtland County