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Matfors is a locality situated in Sundsvall Municipality, Västernorrland County, Sweden with 3,201 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
The river Ljungan runs through Matfors. It is situated about 15 kilometers west of Sundsvall, a city with about 45,000 inhabitants. In Matfors there used to be two schools: Sköle Skola and Matfors Skola, both sharing the same school yard; they later rejoined to form Matfors Skola in 2009 after being split up in 2002.
Matfors is said to have got its name from the rich supply of salmon (Swedish: lax) in the river Ljungan, by which the town was built. The name Matfors consists of two parts: mat (food) and fors (river stream).
Matfors was for some time its own community/municipality (Swedish: kommun) but then first merged with
The
Matfors has the following urban districts:
- Vattjom
- Ängom
- Runsvik
- Solhöjden
- Tallskogen
- Ljungan, both a district and a river Ljungan, running through Matfors.
- Centrum,
- Sköle
- Kvällsjön
- Storjorden
- Bällsta
- Åsta
- Fors
- Lunde
- Rännö
Reliable communications are provided by the European route E14.
Some organizations in Matfors with their own web-sites:
- Tuna Hembygsförening - native district org. with photo of E14 exit towards Matfors
- Matfors Idrottsförening - soccer
- Matfors Badmintonklubb - badminton
- Matfors Vattenskidklubb - waterski
- Matfors Modellflygklubb - model airplane
- Matfors Skoterklubb - snow mobile
- Matfors Brukshundklubb - dogs
- Matfors Sportfiske Klubb - fishing
- Matfors Jaktskytteklubb - hunting/shooting
- Matfors Ryttarförening - horseriding
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Matfors:
References
Boken om Matfors (The Book on Matfors) - Samlade Skrifter och Egna Berättelser, Mats O Moberg, 2004, 252 pages,
- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
External links
- Matfors - Swedish Wikipedia entry
- Medelpadsrötter - genealogy page with photos from the area (Church of Sweden's Tuna parish)