Ragunda Municipality

Ragunda Municipality
Ragunda kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Jämtland County
Seat Hammarstrand
Area[1]
 • Total 2,633.11 km2 (1,016.65 sq mi)
 • Land 2,511.14 km2 (969.56 sq mi)
 • Water 121.97 km2 (47.09 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (March 31, 2015)[2]
 • Total 5,399
 • Density 2.1/km2 (5.3/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Jämtland
Municipal code 2303
Website www.ragunda.se

Ragunda Municipality (Swedish: Ragunda kommun) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is in Hammarstrand.

The present municipality was formed in 1974, when "old" Ragunda Municipality was amalgamated with the municipalities of Fors and Stugun. Further amalgamations have been discussed due to declining population, but have not been carried out.

Ragunda Municipality is known for being the site of the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Building, which is located by the village Utanede. Designed as a Thai royal pavilion, the only one of its kind outside Thailand, it was raised in 1997 in commemoration of King Chulalongkorn's visit there a century earlier.

Döda Fallet (The dead waterfall) is an extinct whitewater rapid in a nature reserve and one of the major tourist attractions of the municipality.

Localities

There are four localities (or urban areas) in Ragunda Municipality:[3]

# Locality Population
1 Hammarstrand 1,061
2 Stugun 627
3 Västra Bispgården 523
4 Östra Bispgården 294

The municipal seat in bold

Twin cities

Photo gallery

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 mars 2015" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
  4. ↑ "Kolme vuosikymmentä pohjoismaisia ystäväkuntasuhteita Karstulassa" (PDF) (in Finnish). Karstulan Pohjola-Norden ry. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

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Coordinates: 63°06′N 16°21′E / 63.100°N 16.350°E / 63.100; 16.350

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