Sunne Municipality (Swedish: Sunne kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Sunne.
Sunne Municipality
Sunne kommun | |
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 Sunne church in Värmland, Sweden | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 59°50′N 13°08′E / 59.833°N 13.133°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Värmland County |
| Seat | Sunne |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,448.25 km2 (559.17 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,288.11 km2 (497.34 sq mi) |
| • Water | 160.14 km2 (61.83 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 13,366 |
| • Density | 9.2/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Värmland |
| Municipal code | 1766 |
| Website | www |
The present municipality was created in 1971 when the market town (köping) Sunne (instituted in 1920) was amalgamated with Gräsmark and Lysvik.
Localities
editKarlstad, which has an international airport, is the nearest large city.
Demographics
editThis is a demographic table based on Sunne Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]
In total there were 13,352 inhabitants, with 10,393 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 44.0% voted for the left coalition and 54.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Brobyäng | 1,326 | 1,023 | 48.2 | 51.3 | 77 | 85 | 15 | 20,908 | 29 |
| Gräsmark | 1,209 | 923 | 47.0 | 51.3 | 79 | 88 | 12 | 22,211 | 29 |
| Klockaregården | 1,681 | 1,253 | 44.1 | 54.4 | 71 | 84 | 16 | 23,102 | 28 |
| Leran | 1,607 | 1,291 | 45.8 | 53.0 | 78 | 83 | 17 | 23,726 | 32 |
| Lysvik | 1,285 | 990 | 49.6 | 49.8 | 84 | 91 | 9 | 23,979 | 34 |
| Rottneros | 805 | 648 | 39.0 | 60.2 | 82 | 89 | 11 | 26,517 | 29 |
| Stöpafors | 748 | 578 | 40.3 | 59.1 | 83 | 95 | 5 | 23,606 | 25 |
| Södra Borgeby | 1,525 | 1,189 | 39.5 | 59.2 | 84 | 91 | 9 | 25,945 | 32 |
| Västra Ämtervik | 1,024 | 787 | 45.5 | 53.2 | 84 | 92 | 8 | 25,484 | 36 |
| Åmberg | 1,337 | 1,055 | 42.8 | 57.1 | 80 | 92 | 8 | 25,168 | 32 |
| Östra Ämtervik | 805 | 656 | 42.0 | 56.5 | 84 | 92 | 8 | 24,212 | 39 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Sunne i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
External links
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Media related to Sunne Municipality at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
- Brobytornet - Project site
