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Årjäng Municipality

*Årjängs kommun*
Årjäng Municipality Årjängs kommun
Municipality
	Lennartsfors
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 59°23′N 12°08′E / 59.383°N 12.133°E
Country	Sweden
County	Värmland County
Seat	Årjäng
Area
• Total	1,653.04 km2 (638.24 sq mi)
• Land	1,409.47 km2 (544.20 sq mi)
• Water	243.57 km2 (94.04 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)
• Total	9,893
• Density	6.0/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Värmland and Dalsland
Municipal code	1765
Website	www.arjang.se

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Årjäng Municipality (Årjängs kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, bordering Norway. Its seat is located in the town of Årjäng.

A separate local government entity named Årjäng was created in 1941 when it was detached from Silbodal. In 1952 the two were reunited under the name of Årjäng. In 1971 Sillerud and Holmedal were amalgamated with Årjäng. In 1974 Töcksmark was added, expanding the municipality to its current size. The municipality contains two localities, Årjäng and Töcksfors. Known Swedish sportsmen from this municipality are Per-Gunnar Andersson and Thomas Wassberg.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Årjäng Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 9,936 residents, including 6,896 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 35.4% voted for the left coalition and 63.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

%

Holmedal

1,453

1,030

34.4

64.9

72

80

20

25,163

22

Sillerud

1,087

833

28.2

70.7

80

91

9

25,065

20

Töcksfors

2,688

1,645

31.2

68.1

63

65

35

26,490

21

Årjäng N

1,838

1,348

39.2

59.7

69

71

29

20,471

21

Årjäng V

1,685

1,200

40.6

59.1

69

76

24

23,680

21

Årjäng Ö

1,185

840

37.3

61.8

74

77

23

24,749

25

Source: SVT^[3]

References

^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Årjäng i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

External links

Media related to Årjäng Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
Årjäng Municipality - Official site

[SCB_2014-01-01-1] "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

[SCB_2023-12-31-2] "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.

[ÅrjängVal2022-3] "Valresultat 2022 för Årjäng i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2024.

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v t e Municipalities and seats of Värmland County
Municipalities	Årjäng Arvika Eda Filipstad Forshaga Grums Hagfors Hammarö Karlstad Kil Kristinehamn Munkfors Säffle Storfors Sunne Torsby
Municipal seats	Årjäng Arvika Charlottenberg Filipstad Forshaga Grums Hagfors Karlstad Kil Kristinehamn Munkfors Säffle Skoghall Storfors Sunne Torsby
Counties of Sweden Sweden

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