Storuman Municipality

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**Storuman Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Storuman Municipality and Storuman Map outlining the municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms Image:Storuman City Arms.png
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Storuman
	65° 06´ N 17° 06´ E
	County	Västerbotten County
	Province	Lapland
	Area Rank	7,916 km² 10th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	6,554 257th of 290
	Population density	0.9/km²

Storuman Municipality is a Swedish municipality in Västerbotten County, in northern Sweden. It has Sweden's tenth largest area (7485.2 km²), but is sparsely populated with a population density of 1 inhabitants per km².

The municipal seat is in the town Storuman with 2,400 inhabitants. Other towns are Stensele, 500 inhabitants, Gunnarn, 200 inhabitants, and Tärnaby, 500 inhabitants. Tärnaby has fostered the internationally famous skiiers Ingemar Stenmark, Stig Strand and Anja Pärson.