Timrå Municipality
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Timrå Municipality
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| Coordinates: 62°30′N 17°20′E / 62.500°N 17.333°ECoordinates: 62°30′N 17°20′E / 62.500°N 17.333°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Västernorrland County |
| Seat | Timrå |
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| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Medelpad |
| Municipal code | 2262 |
Timrå Municipality (Template:Langx) is a municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. The town of Timrå is the municipal seat.
The rural municipality Timrå was made a market town (köping) in 1947. The present municipality was created in 1971 when Timrå was amalgamated with Hässjö.
Geography
[edit | edit source]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 sawmills. In tribute to this, the city arms depicts trees and water.
Localities
[edit | edit source]- Bergeforsen
- Stavreviken
- Söråker
- Sörberge
- Timrå (seat)
Demographics
[edit | edit source]This is a demographic table based on Timrå 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 17,904 residents, including 13,943 Swedish citizens of voting age.[1] 53.2% voted for the left coalition and 45.9% 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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| % | % | ||||||||
| Ala | 1,125 | 887 | 46.5 | 52.1 | 84 | 94 | 6 | 27,082 | 31 |
| Bergeforsen | 1,891 | 1,435 | 47.4 | 52.2 | 86 | 94 | 6 | 28,674 | 33 |
| Böle | 1,973 | 1,499 | 58.1 | 41.0 | 88 | 91 | 9 | 29,248 | 38 |
| Centrum | 1,859 | 1,638 | 64.3 | 34.8 | 71 | 77 | 23 | 19,989 | 24 |
| Ljustorp | 970 | 760 | 50.3 | 48.8 | 84 | 93 | 7 | 24,703 | 27 |
| Nyvista | 1,669 | 1,145 | 57.1 | 41.6 | 67 | 69 | 31 | 20,904 | 22 |
| Sörberge | 1,879 | 1,469 | 52.1 | 47.1 | 85 | 90 | 10 | 26,951 | 35 |
| Söråker | 2,108 | 1,598 | 52.0 | 47.1 | 81 | 92 | 8 | 24,727 | 36 |
| Timrådalen | 1,949 | 1,489 | 48.5 | 50.8 | 86 | 89 | 11 | 27,873 | 52 |
| Tynderö | 756 | 653 | 49.7 | 49.4 | 83 | 95 | 5 | 26,494 | 36 |
| Vivsta | 1,725 | 1,370 | 56.4 | 42.8 | 78 | 82 | 18 | 23,133 | 27 |
| Source: SVT[1] | |||||||||
Notable citizens
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Valresultat 2022 för Timrå i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
External links
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Media related to Timrå Municipality at Wikimedia Commons- Timrå - Official site
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