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Krokom Municipality

Krokoms kommun
Krokom town hall
Krokom town hall
Coat of arms of Krokom Municipality
Coat of arms
Krokom Municipality in Jämtland County.png
Country Sweden
County Jämtland County
Seat Krokom
Area
 • Total 6,856.6 km2 (2,647.3 sq mi)
 • Land 6,218.22 km2 (2,400.87 sq mi)
 • Water 638.38 km2 (246.48 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 14,486
 • Density 2.11271/km2 (5.47189/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Jämtland
Municipal code 2309
Website www.krokom.se

Krokom Municipality (Swedish: Krokoms kommun, Southern Sami: Krokomen tjïelte) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Krokom.

The present municipality was formed in 1974, when the former municipalities of Alsen, Föllinge, Offerdal and Rödön were amalgamated. The number of original local government entities in the area is nine, and amalgamations had also taken place in 1952 and 1969.

Localities

There are eleven localities (or urban areas) in Krokom Municipality:

# Locality Population
1 Krokom 2,087
2 Ås 1,097
3 Nälden 881
4 Föllinge 509
5 Dvärsätt 437
5 Östersund (part of) 437
7 Änge 387
8 Aspås 352
9 Trångsviken 269
10 Vaplan 259
11 Ytterån 203

The municipal seat is shown in bold

Offerdal1
View from Hällberget in Offerdal.

Villages

  • Flykälen
  • Kaxås
  • Rönnöfors

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Krokom 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 11,366 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 54.0% voted for the left coalition and 44.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Krokom Municipality:

  • Alsens IF
  • Ås IF

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Municipio de Krokom para niños

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