Årjäng Municipality facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Årjäng Municipality Årjängs kommun
Municipality
Lennartsfors
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Värmland County
Seat	Årjäng
Area
• Total	1,663.92 km2 (642.44 sq mi)
• Land	1,420.09 km2 (548.30 sq mi)
• Water	243.83 km2 (94.14 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population  (June 30, 2012)
• Total	9,905
• Density	5.9528/km2 (15.4177/sq mi)
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

Årjäng Municipality (Årjängs kommun) 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.

In total there were 9,936 residents, including 6,896 Swedish citizens of voting age. 35.4% voted for the left coalition and 63.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.