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Ragunda Municipality

Ragunda kommun
Ragunda old church
Ragunda old church
Coat of arms of Ragunda Municipality
Coat of arms
Ragunda Municipality in Jämtland County.png
Country Sweden
County Jämtland County
Seat Hammarstrand
Area
 • Total 2,649.55 km2 (1,023.00 sq mi)
 • Land 2,526.22 km2 (975.38 sq mi)
 • Water 123.33 km2 (47.62 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 5,594
 • Density 2.11130/km2 (5.4682/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Jämtland
Municipal code 2303
Website www.ragunda.se

Ragunda Municipality (in Swedish: Ragunda kommun) is a local government area in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its main town and administrative center is Hammarstrand.

The current municipality was created in 1974. This happened when the "old" Ragunda Municipality joined with two other areas, Fors and Stugun. People have talked about joining with more areas because the number of people living here has gone down, but this has not happened yet.

Ragunda Municipality is famous for a special building called the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Building. It is near the village of Utanede. This building looks like a royal pavilion from Thailand. It is the only one of its kind outside Thailand. It was built in 1997 to remember a visit by King Chulalongkorn of Thailand a hundred years earlier.

Another popular place to visit is Döda Fallet (which means The dead waterfall). This used to be a powerful whitewater rapid, but now it is dry. It is part of a nature reserve and is one of the biggest tourist spots in the municipality.

Towns and Villages in Ragunda

Ragunda Municipality has four main towns or urban areas. These are places where many people live close together.

# Locality Population
1 Hammarstrand 1,061
2 Stugun 627
3 Västra Bispgården 523
4 Östra Bispgården 294

The main town, Hammarstrand, is shown in bold.

Friends Around the World

Ragunda Municipality has a "twin city" in another country. This means they have a special friendship and often share ideas and culture.

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See also

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

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