Årjäng Municipality
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Årjäng Municipality
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| Coordinates: 59°23′N 12°08′E / 59.383°N 12.133°ECoordinates: 59°23′N 12°08′E / 59.383°N 12.133°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Värmland County |
| Seat | Årjäng |
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| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Värmland and Dalsland |
| Municipal code | 1765 |
| Website | www.arjang.se |
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Årjäng Municipality (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, bordering Norway. Its seat is located in the town of Årjäng.
A separate local government entity named Årjäng was created in 1941 when it was detached from Silbodal. In 1952 the two were reunited under the name of Årjäng. In 1971 Sillerud and Holmedal were amalgamated with Årjäng. In 1974 Töcksmark was added, expanding the municipality to its current size. The municipality contains two localities, Årjäng and Töcksfors. Known Swedish sportsmen from this municipality are Per-Gunnar Andersson and Thomas Wassberg.
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Årjäng Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[1]
In total there were 9,936 residents, including 6,896 Swedish citizens of voting age.[1] 35.4% voted for the left coalition and 63.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults | Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents | Foreign heritage | Income SEK | Degree |
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| Holmedal | 1,453 | 1,030 | 34.4 | 64.9 | 72 | 80 | 20 | 25,163 | 22 |
| Sillerud | 1,087 | 833 | 28.2 | 70.7 | 80 | 91 | 9 | 25,065 | 20 |
| Töcksfors | 2,688 | 1,645 | 31.2 | 68.1 | 63 | 65 | 35 | 26,490 | 21 |
| Årjäng N | 1,838 | 1,348 | 39.2 | 59.7 | 69 | 71 | 29 | 20,471 | 21 |
| Årjäng V | 1,685 | 1,200 | 40.6 | 59.1 | 69 | 76 | 24 | 23,680 | 21 |
| Årjäng Ö | 1,185 | 840 | 37.3 | 61.8 | 74 | 77 | 23 | 24,749 | 25 |
| Source: SVT[1] | |||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Valresultat 2022 för Årjäng i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
External links
- File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Årjäng Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
- Årjäng Municipality - Official site
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