Härjedalen Municipality

Härjedalen Municipality
Härjedalens kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Jämtland County
Seat Sveg
Area[1]
 • Total 11,859.62 km2 (4,579.02 sq mi)
 • Land 11,286.1 km2 (4,357.6 sq mi)
 • Water 573.52 km2 (221.44 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (June 30, 2016)[2]
 • Total 10,232
 • Density 0.86/km2 (2.2/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Härjedalen, Hälsingland and Dalarna
Municipal code 2361
Website www.herjedalen.se

Härjedalen Municipality (Swedish: Härjedalens kommun) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Sveg.

The municipality roughly, but not exactly, corresponds with the traditional province Härjedalen.

The municipality was created in 1974 and is one of two in Sweden with the name of a province (Gotland Municipality is the other). It consists of nine original local government entities (as of 1863).

Geography

With a total area of 11,935 km², it is Sweden's fifth largest. However, it is largely wilderness, and the municipality is sparsely inhabited. For comparison, the municipality covers as much territory as Uppsala County and Stockholm County combined, but those two counties have over 2,000,000 inhabitants.

Demography

The population has been in decline in the last decades. The birth/death rate is negative, and so is net migration.

Year Population Birth/Death rate
1994 12,199 -56
1995 12,109 -68
1996 11,961 -95
1997 11,790 -91
1998 11,723 -105
1999 11,594 -87
2000 11,415 -68
2001 11,327 -84
2002 11,289 -56
2003 11,065 -80
2004 10,951 -103

Of the total population, 4% are immigrants from other countries. The national average is 12%.

Localities

Sveg railway station.

There are eight localities (or urban areas) in Härjedalen Municipality:[3]

# Locality Population
1 Sveg 2,633
2 Funäsdalen 798
3 Hede 763
4 Ytterhogdal 603
5 Vemdalen 547
6 Ulvkälla 445
7 Lillhärdal 365
8 Norr-Hede 293

The municipal seat in bold

Notable natives

References

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 30 juni 2016" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
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