Storuman Municipality
Storuman Municipality (Swadish: Storumans kommun) is a municipality in Västerbotten Coonty in northren Swaden. Its seat is locatit in Storuman.
Storuman Municipality Storumans kommun | |
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 Coat airms | |
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| Kintra | Swaden |
| Coonty | Västerbotten Coonty |
| Seat | Storuman |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8234.1 km2 (3,179.2 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 7303.53 km2 (2,819.91 sq mi) |
| • Water | 930.57 km2 (359.30 sq mi) |
| Aurie as o Januar 1, 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 5,808 |
| • Density | 0.71/km2 (1.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Lapland |
| Municipal code | 2421 |
| Website | www.storuman.se |
The pairish Stensele wis creatit as late as 1822. It wis, thegither wi the parish Tärna, made intae a municipality in 1863. In 1903 Tärna wis detached tae form a municipality o its awn. The local govrenment reform o 1971 saw the reunification o Stensele an Tärnaby municipalities, sicweys formin Storuman Municipality wi the name taken frae its lairgest veelage.
The municipality haes Swaden's nint lairgest aurie (8,286 km2), but is spairsely populatit wi a population densitie o less nor 1 inhabitant per km2.
Tärnaby, a sma veelage in the municipality, haes fostered the internaitionally famous alpine skiers Ingemar Stenmark, Stig Strand an Anja Pärson.
Localities eedit
Thare are fower localities (or urban auries) in Storuman Municipality:[3]
| # | Locality | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Storuman | 2,255 |
| 2 | Stensele | 578 |
| 3 | Tärnaby | 533 |
| 4 | Hemavan | 216 |
The municipal seat in bauld
Transportation eedit
Storuman Municipality haes twa major roads, E12 an E45, crossin in Storuman. Thare are twa railweys, Inlandsbanan an the Storuman-Hällnäs Line. The umwhile is uised for tourist trains in the simmer, an baith for fricht trains. The nearest airport for the eastren pairt o Storuman Municipality is Vilhelmina Airport. For the wastren pairt thare is Hemavan Airport.
Sister ceeties eedit
The follaein ceeties are twinned wi Storuman:[4]
References eedit
- ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swadish). Stateestics Swaden. Retrieved 18 Apryle 2014.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 22 Februar 2022. Retrieved 22 Februar 2022.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
- ↑ "Ystävyyskunnat". City of Viitasaari. Archived frae the original on 4 Juin 2012. Retrieved 1 Juin 2012. (in Norse)
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