Sollefteå Municipality

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**Sollefteå Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Counties and municipalities in northern Sweden Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Sollefteå
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	County	Västernorrland County
	Province	Ångermanland
	Area Rank	5,428 km² 19th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	21,207 114th of 290
	Density	4/km²

Sollefteå Municipality is a Swedish municipality in Västernorrland County, middle of Sweden. Its seat is located in Sollefteå (pop. 8,700).

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

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.

Sollefteå received its charter in 1917, making it a city in Sweden.

Sollefteå marketplace 1872

[edit] Sister cities

In Sollefteå, the sister cities project was initiated during World War II to foster connections between the Nordic Countries. The sister cities were then: