Sollefteå Municipality (Swedish: Sollefteå kommun) is a Swedish municipality in Västernorrland County. Its seat is located in Sollefteå.

Sollefteå Municipality Sollefteå kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 63°10′N 17°16′E
Country	Sweden
County	Västernorrland County
Seat	Sollefteå
Area [1]
• Total	5,761.82 km2 (2,224.65 sq mi)
• Land	5,397.82 km2 (2,084.11 sq mi)
• Water	364 km2 (141 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2021)[2]
• Total	18,814
• Density	3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Ångermanland
Municipal code	2283
Website	www.solleftea.se

The former City of Sollefteå (instituted in 1917) was amalgamated with the surrounding entities in 1974 to form the present municipality. It consists of fifteen original (1863) units.

Historically, the name is found as early as the 13th century in the form of the Latin De Solatum, which would translate to "The Sunny Place" (or so). A market place was situated here in 1602 on Royal permission. The city's coat of arms depicts a Black Grouse.

Geography

Geographically, the landscape is dominated by woods, and by the Ångerman River and its tributaries Faxälven and Fjällsjöälven, which cross through the municipality.

Localities

• Forsmo
• Junsele
• Långsele
• Näsåker
• Ramsele
• Sollefteå (the seat)
• Österforse

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Sollefteå is twinned with:

• Põltsamaa, Estonia
• Nykarleby, Finland
• Esashi, Japan
• Steinkjer, Norway
• Rudniki, Poland
• Madison, Mississippi, U.S.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sollefteå Municipality.

• Sollefteå - Official site

На других языках

[ru] Соллефтео (коммуна)