Säffle Municipality facts for kids
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Säffle Municipality
Säffle kommun
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| Country | Sweden | |
| County | Värmland County | |
| Seat | Säffle | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2,512.4945 km2 (970.0795 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,220.6845 km2 (471.3089 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 1,291.81 km2 (498.77 sq mi) | |
| Area as of January 1, 2010. | ||
| Population
(June 30, 2012)
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| • Total | 15,600 | |
| • Density | 6.209/km2 (16.08/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| ISO 3166 code | SE | |
| Province | Värmland and Dalsland | |
| Municipal code | 1785 | |
| Website | www.saffle.se | |
Säffle Municipality (Säffle kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Säffle.
Säffle was the last local government unit in Sweden to get the title of a city, in 1951. In 1952 the system with different types of municipalities was made obsolete, but it formally existed until 1971. The present municipality was created in that year, when the city was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities.
The municipality covers a peninsula in Lake Vänern (Värmlandsnäs), and has a large fresh water archipelago.
Värmlandsnäs
Värmlandsnäs, also called Näset, is a big and important part of the municipality. The area which reaches out into the middle of Lake Vänern as a big peninsula is very significant to the economy by the produce of pork. The area supplies more than 200,000 people with pork.
Näset also has an archipelago on the east side. The boat people talk very well of Millesvik Archipelago (Millesviks skärgård), which also has a lot of old runestones and other ancient monuments.
From Ekenäs harbor you can take the tourist boat to Lurö, a small island in Lake Vänern. At Lurö you can dine and stay over night.
Many people who visit Värmlandsnäs in the summer wants to take a swim in Lake Vänern. The opportunities are plenty and good. At Ekenäs you will find a very nice bathing place. From this place you can almost walk all the way out to Lurö. Other popular bathing places are Ekôrn and the bathing place at Örud near Örö harbor (Örö hamn).
Localities
- Säffle, pop. 9,500 (seat)
- Värmlandsbro, 630
- Svanskog, ca 600
- Nysäter, ca 200
- Hulta
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Säffle 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 15,390 residents, including 11,665 Swedish citizens of voting age. 42.7% voted for the left coalition and 56.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
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| Annelund | 2,212 | 1,730 | 40.6 | 59.1 | 81 | 88 | 12 | 25,029 | 24 |
| Höglunda | 2,198 | 1,515 | 48.3 | 49.9 | 67 | 72 | 28 | 20,926 | 29 |
| Nysäter | 1,329 | 1,063 | 37.4 | 61.7 | 80 | 91 | 9 | 21,575 | 30 |
| Svaneholm | 991 | 760 | 38.2 | 61.3 | 80 | 91 | 9 | 21,198 | 22 |
| Tegnér | 2,297 | 1,697 | 45.0 | 54.2 | 77 | 84 | 16 | 24,712 | 35 |
| Tingvalla | 2,513 | 1,969 | 44.6 | 54.1 | 74 | 82 | 18 | 21,577 | 27 |
| Trätälja | 1,620 | 1,167 | 52.1 | 46.1 | 58 | 66 | 34 | 18,040 | 23 |
| Värmlandsnäs N | 1,233 | 977 | 37.4 | 61.3 | 79 | 93 | 7 | 22,873 | 22 |
| Värmlandsnäs S | 997 | 787 | 32.9 | 66.4 | 84 | 92 | 8 | 24,231 | 30 |
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International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Säffle Municipality is twinned with:
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Hol, Norway |
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Tørring, Denmark |
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Mäntyharju, Finland |
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Antsla, Estonia |
