Ovanåker Municipality facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Ovanåker Municipality Ovanåkers kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Gävleborg County
Seat	Edsbyn
Area
• Total	2,028.41 km2 (783.17 sq mi)
• Land	1,883.46 km2 (727.21 sq mi)
• Water	144.95 km2 (55.97 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population  (June 30, 2012)
• Total	11,511
• Density	5.67489/km2 (14.6979/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Hälsingland
Municipal code	2121
Website	www.ovanaker.se

Ovanåker Municipality (Ovanåkers kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. The municipal seat is located in Edsbyn.

The subdivision reform of 1952 saw the amalgamation of "old" Ovanåker with Voxna (both formed by the first local government acts of 1862). In 1977 Alfta (which 1974-1976 had been in Bollnäs Municipality) was added.

Localities

• Alfta
• Edsbyn (seat)
• Knåda
• Ovanåker
• Roteberg
• Runemo
• Viksjöfors

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Ovanåker 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 11,705 residents, including 9,015 Swedish citizens of voting age. 47.5% voted for the left coalition and 51.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.