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
eeditThare 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
eeditStoruman 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
eeditThe 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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