Sollefteå Municipality () is a Swedish municipality in

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 ...

. Its seat is located in

Sollefteå Sollefteå () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Sollefteå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. History The earliest written account on Sollefteå is found in a script dating back to 1270. During this time the name ...

. The former ''City of Sollefteå'' (instituted in 1917) was amalgamated with the surrounding entities in 1974 to form the present municipality. It consists of fifteen original (1863) units. Historically, the name is found as early as the 13th century in the form of the Latin ''De Solatum'', which would translate to "The Sunny Place" (or so). A market place was situated here in 1602 on Royal permission. The city's coat of arms depicts a

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Geography

Geographically, the landscape is dominated by woods, and by the Ångerman River and its tributaries Faxälven and Fjällsjöälven, which cross through the municipality.

Localities

* Forsmo * Junsele * Långsele * Näsåker * Ramsele *

(the seat) * Österforse

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Sollefteå 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. In total there were 18,763 residents, including 14,489 Swedish citizens of voting age. 58.5% voted for the left coalition and 40.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Twin towns – sister cities

Sollefteå is twinned with: * Esashi, Japan * Madison, United States *

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Solleftea Municipality Municipalities of Västernorrland County