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Söderhamn Municipality

Söderhamns kommun
Railway station in Söderhamn
Railway station in Söderhamn
Coat of arms of Söderhamn Municipality
Coat of arms
Söderhamn Municipality in Gävleborg County.png
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)
 • 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

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.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:

  • Estonia Kunda, Estonia
  • Finland Jakobstad, Finland
  • Norway Os, Hordaland, Norway
  • Poland Szczecinek, Poland
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