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Söderhamn Municipality
Söderhamns kommun
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Railway station in Söderhamn
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| Country | Sweden | |
| County | Gävleborg County | |
| Seat | Söderhamn | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2,294.93 km2 (886.08 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,064.92 km2 (411.17 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 1,230.01 km2 (474.91 sq mi) | |
| Area as of January 1, 2010. | ||
| Population
(June 30, 2012)
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| • Total | 25,742 | |
| • Density | 11.21690/km2 (29.0516/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| ISO 3166 code | SE | |
| Province | Hälsingland | |
| Municipal code | 2182 | |
| Website | www.soderhamn.se | |
Söderhamn Municipality (Söderhamns kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, in east central Sweden. The seat is located in Söderhamn.
The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Söderhamn was amalgamated with two rural municipalities and parts of a third.
Localities
- Bergvik
- Ljusne
- Marmaskogen
- Marmaverken
- Mohed
- Sandarne
- Skog
- Söderala
- Söderhamn (seat)
- Vallvik
- Vannsätter
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Söderhamn 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 25,406 residents, including 19,646 Swedish citizens of voting age. 51.8% voted for the left coalition and 46.9% 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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| Bergvik-Skog | 2,258 | 1,860 | 49.1 | 48.8 | 79 | 91 | 9 | 22,499 | 26 |
| Ljusne | 2,429 | 1,798 | 56.0 | 42.9 | 67 | 79 | 21 | 20,455 | 19 |
| Marma-Mo | 1,778 | 1,390 | 48.0 | 50.3 | 79 | 94 | 6 | 24,001 | 29 |
| Norrala-Trönö | 1,738 | 1,431 | 50.2 | 47.8 | 82 | 96 | 4 | 24,829 | 30 |
| Sandarne | 1,967 | 1,609 | 52.3 | 46.3 | 75 | 91 | 9 | 23,857 | 22 |
| Stugsund | 1,406 | 1,038 | 51.5 | 47.6 | 83 | 90 | 10 | 26,820 | 33 |
| Söderala | 1,861 | 1,427 | 47.8 | 51.5 | 82 | 91 | 9 | 24,957 | 23 |
| Söderhamn C-V | 2,030 | 1,617 | 54.4 | 44.1 | 74 | 72 | 28 | 21,173 | 28 |
| Söderhamn Klossdammen | 1,502 | 1,289 | 54.7 | 44.6 | 89 | 93 | 7 | 26,729 | 41 |
| Söderhamn Norrberget | 2,661 | 1,636 | 57.7 | 40.4 | 61 | 57 | 43 | 17,589 | 22 |
| Söderhamn Norrtull | 2,375 | 1,856 | 58.4 | 40.2 | 71 | 71 | 29 | 19,125 | 25 |
| Söderhamn Ö-Broberg | 1,556 | 1,163 | 49.7 | 49.7 | 88 | 90 | 10 | 29,024 | 45 |
| Vågbro | 1,845 | 1,532 | 45.6 | 53.7 | 85 | 93 | 7 | 27,312 | 32 |
| Source: SVT | |||||||||
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
The municipality is twinned with:
Kunda, Estonia
Jakobstad, Finland
Os, Hordaland, Norway
Szczecinek, Poland
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