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Vilhelmina Municipality (Swedish: Vilhelmina kommun; Southern Sami: Vualtjeren tjïelte) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Vilhelmina.

Vilhelmina Municipality
Vilhelmina kommun
Municipality
Looking across Volgsjön on a summer morning
Coordinates: 64°37′N 16°39′E
CountrySweden
CountyVästerbotten County
SeatVilhelmina
Area
  Total8,740.5 km2 (3,374.7 sq mi)
  Land8,047.87 km2 (3,107.30 sq mi)
  Water692.63 km2 (267.43 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2021)[2]
  Total6,485
  Density0.74/km2 (1.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceLapland
Municipal code2462
Websitewww.vilhelmina.se

History


In 1804 the parish of Volgsjö was renamed Vilhelmina in honour of Queen Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Sweden.

In 1947 the locality Vilhelmina was detached from the rural municipality with the same name, forming the market town (köping) of Vilhelmina. The two entities were reunited in 1965.


Geography


Like the northern parts of Sweden (colloquial Norrland), it is scarcely populated due to its inhospitable conditions and cold climate, but is superb for those who like wildlife and untouched nature.

The village of Malgovik, about 20 km north of Vilhelmina, holds the record for the lowest temperature ever recorded in Sweden. It was set on December 13, 1941, when the temperature dropped down to -53 °C.


Localities


There is only one locality (or urban area) in Vilhelmina Municipality:[3]

#LocalityPopulation
1Vilhelmina3,633

Culture


Every July the town of Vilhelmina holds a festival called Hembygdsdagarna Vilhelmina. In addition to popular and folk music performances, tradition holds that a local engaged couple is selected each year to get married during the festival. The bride and groom lead a parade of fiddlers and other traditionally dressed Swedes through town to the church where the marriage is performed in front of all who wish to attend. They are not always able to find a couple willing to get married, however, so some years they hold the parade without an engaged couple, and hold a public church service instead of a wedding.


References


  1. "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.
  2. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  3. Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005



На других языках


- [en] Vilhelmina Municipality

[ru] Вильхельмина (коммуна)

Вильхельмина (швед. Vilhelmina kommun) — коммуна на севере Швеции, в лене Вестерботтен. Административный центр — город Вильхельмина. Площадь — 8740,5 км². Население по данным на 2012 год составляет 7022 человека[1]. Плотность населения маленькая, как и во всей северной Швеции, всего 0,87 чел/км².



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