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Eda Municipality

Eda kommun
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Coat of arms of Eda Municipality
Coat of arms
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Country Sweden
County Värmland County
Seat Charlottenberg
Area
 • Total 900.9 km2 (347.8 sq mi)
 • Land 825.4 km2 (318.7 sq mi)
 • Water 75.5 km2 (29.2 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 8,572
 • Density 9.5149/km2 (24.6436/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Värmland
Municipal code 1730
Website www.eda.se

Eda Municipality (Eda kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, on the Norwegian border. Its seat is located in the town of Charlottenberg.

The municipal reform of 1971 saw the forming of the present municipality through the amalgamation of "old" Eda with Köla and Järnskog.

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Eda 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 8,471 residents, including 5,458 Swedish citizens of voting age. 43.9% voted for the left coalition and 55.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Sights

The Eda Fortlet (Eda skans), which was in use from 1650 to 1814, was the largest fortress in the province of Värmland. Its purpose was to defend against Norwegian troops. It was made obsolete with the Union between Sweden and Norway in 1814. A museum opened on the site in 1996.

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