Ånge Municipality () is a

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

Västernorrland County Västernorrland County () 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 Norrland", as it was in the ...

, northern

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. Its seat is located in Ånge. The railway junction Ånge was in 1947 made a market town (''

köping ''Köping'' was a Swedish denomination for a market town since the Middle Ages, derived from the Old Norse word '' kaupang''. The designation was officially abolished with the municipal reform of 1971, when Sweden was subdivided into the Munic ...

'') and detached from ''Borgsjö''. In 1971 they were reunited and together with ''Haverö'' and ''Torp'' the present municipality was formed. The municipal most known slogan is ''Sweden's geographical center''. It was in 1947 measured by the

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to be situated by the lake Munkbysjön (''Lake Munkby''), in the municipality's eastern parts. In 2002 the slogan was changed to ''Wonderful byways''. 13 kilometers east of the town Ånge lies the town Borgsjö. It has a widely acclaimed

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church from the 18th century.

Localities

* Alby * Fränsta * Ljungaverk * Torpshammar * Ånge (seat) * Ö * Östavall

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Ånge Municipality's electoral districts in the

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sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. Residents include everyone registered as living in the district, regardless of age or citizenship status. Valid voters indicate Swedish citizens above the age of 18 who therefore can vote in general elections. Left vote and right vote indicate the result between the two major blocs in said district in the 2022 general election. Employment indicates the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers. Foreign background is defined as residents either born abroad or with two parents born outside of Sweden. Median income is the received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in

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. The section about college graduates indicates any degree accumulated after high school. In total there were 9,220 residents, including 7,292 Swedish citizens of voting age. 49.0% voted for the left coalition and 49.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Sister cities

Ånge's

sister cities A sister city or a twin town relationship is International relations, a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there ar ...

: * :

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* : Oravais * :

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* : Beng The Nordic sister cities were established in the 1940s, the others not before 1990.

References

External links

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Ånge
- Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Ange Municipality Municipalities of Västernorrland County