Säffle Municipality

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**Säffle Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Säffle Municipality Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Säffle
	59° 08´ N 12° 56´ E
	County	Värmland County
	Province	Värmland
	Area Rank	1,220 km² 80th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	16,077 137th of 290
	Density	13/km²

Säffle Municipality is a Swedish municipality in the province Värmland, in west central Sweden. Its seat is in Säffle with 9,500 inhabitants, at 70 meters elevation.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Towns
2 History
3 External links

[edit] Geography

Administratively the municipality also has a part belonging to the province of Dalsland. Administratively the municipality is an entity of Värmland County.

The municipality covers a peninsula in Lake Vänern, and has a large fresh water archipelago.

[edit] Towns

Säffle, 9 500
Värmlandsbro: 630
Svanskog: ca 600
Nysäter: 200
Countryside: 5200

[edit] History

Säffle received a charter in 1951 and is thus a City in Sweden. Its arms are from 1950, and depict the blue eagle of Värmland rising from the Säffle Channel. It is the youngest city in sweden.