Härnösand 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

Härnösand Härnösand () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 25,012 inhabitants in 2023. It is called "the gate to the High Coast" because of the world heritage landscape just ...

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

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of the ''City of Härnösand'' with ''

Säbrå Säbrå is a Human settlement, settlement in Härnösand Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden. Säbrå Church was built after the Russian Pillage of 1719–1721. Its present appearance dates largely from changes made in 1758–1759, thoug ...

'' (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 Kramfors Municipality () is a municipality in Väs ...

* Utansjö * Älandsbro *

Ramsås Ramsås () is a village in Härnösand Municipality, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and ...

Demographics

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

2022 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag who in turn elected the Prime Minister of Sweden. Under the constitution, regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The pr ...

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

Swedish kronor The krona (; plural: ''kronor''; currency sign, sign: kr; ISO 4217, code: SEK) is the currency of Sweden. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use for the krona; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usual ...

. The section about college graduates indicates any degree accumulated after high school. In total there were 24,977 inhabitants, including 19,103 Swedish citizens of voting age. 59.6% voted for the left coalition and 39.2% for the right coalition.Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

References

External links

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