Berg Municipality

Berg Municipality
Bergs kommun
—  Municipality  —

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Jämtland County
Seat Svenstavik
Area[1]
 • Total 6,184.45 km2 (2,387.8 sq mi)
 • Land 5,753.45 km2 (2,221.4 sq mi)
 • Water 431 km2 (166.4 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population (June 30, 2010)[2]
 • Total 7,418
 • Density 1.2/km2 (3.1/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Jämtland and Härjedalen
Municipal code 2326
Website www.berg.se

Berg Municipality (Swedish: Bergs kommun) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Svenstavik.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 when "old" Berg Municipality was amalgamated with four other entities.

As often in northern Sweden the municipality is one of the larger in terms of area, but one of the smaller in terms of population.


Localities

There are six localities (or urban areas) in Berg Municipality:[3]

# Locality Population
1 Svenstavik 948
2 Hackås 518
3 Klövsjö 312
4 Åsarne 271
5 Myrviken 224
5 Rätan 168

The municipal seat in bold

References

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (in Swedish) (Microsoft Excel). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0802/2010A01/mi0802tab3_2010.xls. Retrieved 2010-08-21. 
  2. ^ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____244147.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 
  3. ^ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005

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