Ånge Municipality

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Ånge kommun
Ånge City Arms
County Västernorrland County
Province Medelpad
Seat Ånge
Ånge Municipality in Sweden
Area
 • Total area
 • Land area
29th of 290
3,068 km²
Population
 • Total
x of 290
10,821 inhabitants
Density
 • Total

3.5 inhabitants/km²
Website
Population as of 2005

Ånge Municipality (Ånge kommun) is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Ånge.

The railway junction Ånge was in 1947 made a market town (köping) and detached from Borgsjö. In 1971 they were reunited and together with Haverö and Torp the present municipality was formed.

The municipal slogan is Sweden's geographical center. It was in 1947 measured by the Royal Institute of Technology to be situated by the lake Munkbysjön (Lake Munkby), in the municipality's eastern parts.

13 kilometers east of the town Ånge lies the town Borgsjö. It has a widely acclaimed rococo church from the 18th century.

[edit] Localities

  • Alby
  • Fränsta
  • Ljungaverk
  • Torpshammar
  • Ånge (seat)
  • Örtavall

[edit] Sister cities

Ånge's sister cities:

The Nordic sister cities were established in the 1940s, the others not before 1990.

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