Timrå Municipality () is a

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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 ...

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. The town of

Timrå Timrå () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Timrå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 10,443 inhabitants in 2010. It is located about 13 km north of Sundsvall (a town with a metropolitan area of some 100,00 ...

is the municipal seat. The rural municipality ''Timrå'' was 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 ...

'') in 1947. The present municipality was created in 1971 when Timrå was amalgamated with ''Hässjö''.

Geography

Timrå is located in a terrain of forest and hills. Traditionally the industry has been dominated by forestry. The timber was transported through the rivers and streams to their destination, most often to

sawmill A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logging, logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes ...

s. In tribute to this, the city arms depicts trees and water.

Localities

* Bergeforsen * Stavreviken * Söråker * Sörberge *

(seat)

Demographics

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

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sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 17,904 residents, including 13,943 Swedish citizens of voting age. 53.2% voted for the left coalition and 45.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Notable citizens

* Lennart Svedberg (1944-1972), ice hockey player * Magdalena Forsberg (1967), cross country skier, biathlete * Henrik Flyman, guitarist, composer, producer * Henrik Forsberg (1967), cross country skier

References

External links

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Timrå
- Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Timra Municipality Municipalities of Västernorrland County