Ånge Municipality
Ånge Municipality
Ånge kommun | ||
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Municipal code 2260 | |
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 most known slogan is Sweden's geographical center. It was in 1947 measured by the
13 kilometers east of the town Ånge lies the town Borgsjö. It has a widely acclaimed rococo church from the 18th century.
Localities
- Alby
- Fränsta
- Ljungaverk
- Torpshammar
- Ånge (seat)
- Östavall
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Ånge Municipality's electoral districts in the
Residents include everyone registered as living in the district, regardless of age or citizenship status. Valid voters indicate Swedish citizens above the age of 18 who therefore can vote in general elections. Left vote and right vote indicate the result between the two major blocs in said district in the 2022 general election. Employment indicates the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers. Foreign background is defined as residents either born abroad or with two parents born outside of Sweden. Median income is the received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in
In total there were 9,220 residents, including 7,292 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 49.0% voted for the left coalition and 49.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK
|
Degree |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | ||||||||
Alby | 426 | 329 | 49.1 | 49.8 | 76 | 88 | 12 | 23,687 | 19 |
Borgsjö-Erikslund | 749 | 594 | 44.6 | 54.6 | 81 | 93 | 7 | 24,118 | 25 |
Fränsta | 1,853 | 1,431 | 50.7 | 48.1 | 81 | 91 | 9 | 23,554 | 27 |
Hallsta | 580 | 463 | 48.7 | 50.0 | 87 | 95 | 5 | 24,481 | 27 |
Ljungaverk | 851 | 644 | 45.2 | 53.4 | 75 | 89 | 11 | 22,489 | 20 |
Torpshammar | 1,251 | 1,044 | 39.7 | 59.6 | 82 | 93 | 7 | 24,082 | 27 |
Ånge | 1,215 | 936 | 50.2 | 48.9 | 84 | 91 | 9 | 25,999 | 22 |
Ånge C | 1,629 | 1,282 | 58.7 | 40.4 | 78 | 86 | 14 | 21,862 | 29 |
Östavall-Byberget | 666 | 569 | 44.7 | 53.6 | 75 | 90 | 10 | 22,450 | 19 |
Source: SVT[3] |
Sister cities
Ånge's
- Malvik, Norway;
- Oravais, Finland;
- Ogre, Latvia;
- Beng, Laos.
The Nordic sister cities were established in the 1940s, the others not before 1990.
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.
- ^ SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
External links
- Media related to Ånge Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
- Ånge - Official site