Krokom Municipality
Krokom Municipality
Krokoms kommun | |
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| Krokom town hall Krokom town hall | |
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Coat of arms of Krokom Municipality Coat of arms | |
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| Country | Sweden |
| County | Jämtland County |
| Seat | Krokom |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,812.75 km2 (2,630.42 sq mi) |
| • Land | 6,155.18 km2 (2,376.53 sq mi) |
| • Water | 657.57 km2 (253.89 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 15,712 |
| • Density | 2.5526/km2 (6.6113/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Jämtland |
| Municipal code | 2309 |
| Website | www.krokom.se |
Krokom Municipality (Swedish: Krokoms kommun, Southern Sami: Krokomen tjïelte) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Krokom.
The present municipality was formed in 1974, when the former municipalities of Alsen, Föllinge, Offerdal and Rödön were amalgamated. The number of original local government entities in the area is nine, and amalgamations had also taken place in 1952 and 1969.
Localities
[edit | edit source]There are eleven localities (or urban areas) in Krokom Municipality:[3]
| # | Locality | Population |
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| 1 | Krokom | 2,087 |
| 2 | Ås | 1,097 |
| 3 | Nälden | 881 |
| 4 | Föllinge | 509 |
| 5 | Dvärsätt | 437 |
| 5 | Östersund (part of) | 437 |
| 7 | Änge | 387 |
| 8 | Aspås | 352 |
| 9 | Trångsviken | 269 |
| 10 | Vaplan | 259 |
| 11 | Ytterån | 203 |
The municipal seat is shown in bold
Villages
[edit | edit source]Demographics
[edit | edit source]This is a demographic table based on Krokom Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[4]
In total there were 11,366 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[4] 54.0% voted for the left coalition and 44.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Alsenbygden | 1,221 | 935 | 53.0 | 45.7 | 86 | 93 | 7 | 24,115 | 30 |
| Aspås | 1,066 | 798 | 45.3 | 54.1 | 93 | 97 | 3 | 28,778 | 38 |
| Dvärsätt | 1,388 | 1,004 | 52.6 | 46.7 | 88 | 96 | 4 | 29,239 | 41 |
| Föllinge-Laxsjö | 1,543 | 1,245 | 50.7 | 47.5 | 81 | 90 | 10 | 21,164 | 22 |
| Krokom | 1,973 | 1,487 | 55.7 | 43.0 | 77 | 83 | 17 | 22,033 | 27 |
| Nälden | 1,818 | 1,255 | 51.0 | 47.9 | 86 | 87 | 13 | 25,664 | 35 |
| Offerdalsbygden | 2,010 | 1,574 | 52.5 | 46.6 | 87 | 92 | 8 | 23,444 | 28 |
| Rödöbygden | 748 | 590 | 57.1 | 42.0 | 92 | 96 | 4 | 30,554 | 54 |
| Ås Norra | 2,054 | 1,590 | 62.0 | 36.9 | 88 | 93 | 7 | 30,718 | 60 |
| Ås Södra | 1,528 | 888 | 58.6 | 40.9 | 93 | 93 | 7 | 32,996 | 61 |
| Source: SVT[4] | |||||||||
Sports
[edit | edit source]The following sports clubs are located in Krokom Municipality:
- Alsens IF
- Ås IF
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Ann-Margret (1941–), Swedish-American actress and singer
References
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External links
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- Krokom Municipality - Official site (in Swedish)
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