Kil Municipality (Kils kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kil.

Kil Municipality Kils kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°30′N 13°18′E
Country	Sweden
County	Värmland County
Seat	Kil
Area [1]
• Total	406.87 km2 (157.09 sq mi)
• Land	359.73 km2 (138.89 sq mi)
• Water	47.14 km2 (18.20 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2021)[2]
• Total	12,134
• Density	30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Värmland
Municipal code	1715
Website	www.kil.se

The local government reform of 1971 amalgamated Stora Kil, Järnskog and a part of Brunskog, thus forming Kil Municipality.

Kil means wedge, crack or similar in Swedish, in this case referring to a bay (old Swedish). The name is at least from the fifteenth century, referring to a bay by the small lake Hyn, where the church was constructed. The town later became the seat of the juridical Kil Hundred, which is known to have existed in 1426. The wedge is noted in the coat of arms.

The town is notable as the location of Sweden's first railroad in 1849.

Localities

• Fagerås
• Högboda
• Kil (seat)

Sister cities

• Laihia, Finland
• Skuodas, Lithuania
• Svinninge, Denmark
• Trysil, Norway

References

External links

• Media related to Kil Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
• Kil Municipality - Official site
• Kil.just.nu