Sorsele Municipality (, sju, Suorsán kommuvdna; sma, Suarsan tjïelte) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Västerbotten County Västerbotten County ( sv, Västerbottens län) is a county or ''län'' in the north of Sweden. It shares the borders with the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the Gulf of Bo ...

in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in

Sorsele Sorsele (; sma, Suarsa; Ume Sami: ) is a locality and the seat of Sorsele Municipality in Västerbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 1,277 inhabitants in 2010. Sorsele is also the nearest town to the ski resort Nalovardo. It is kno ...

. Sorsele Municipality covers an area of 8,012 km². It is the eleventh largest municipality by size, but has the second smallest population. The municipality has not been affected by the two local government reforms of the 20th century, but has had its large size since the municipal system was implemented in 1863. The name appears to stem from the

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word ''sourge'', which means branch, and ''sel'', which is of Swedish origin and refers to a kind of stream. This refers to the protected Vindel River (Swedish: ''Vindelälven''), which flows through the town and municipality of Sorsele. Geography wise, around half of the municipal area is part of the Vindelfjällens Nature Reserve.

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(or urban area) in Sorsele Municipality:Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
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Sorsele Municipality
- Official site {{authority control Municipalities of Västerbotten County