Kramfors Municipality
Kramfors Municipality (Kramfors kommun) is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Kramfors. The rural municipality of Gudmundrå was in 1947 made one of the last administrative cities of Sweden and got the name Kramfors from an industrial settlement.
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Kramfors Municipality (Kramfors kommun) is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Kramfors. The rural municipality of Gudmundrå was in 1947 made one of the last administrative cities of Sweden and got the name Kramfors from an industrial settlement.
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In 1952 many of the surrounding entities were grouped into larger municipalities. The nationwide reform in 1971 made Kramfors a unitary municipality, but the amalgamation process was not fulfilled until 1974. The number of original units within the present municipality is eleven, including Bjärtrå. The municipality features the Sandö Bridge, crossing the Ångerman River. It is a concrete bridge in one span, and with a length of 264 meters it was the longest of that kind from its inauguration 1943 to 1964. Nearby is a monument to the people killed in the Ådalen shootings, 1931, when the Swedish military shot socialist demonstrators, killing five. The UNESCO World Heritage Area Höga kusten ("High coast" in English) is located on the east coast of Kramfors municipality.
• Name — Kramfors Municipality • Native Name — Kramfors kommun • Native Name Lang — sv • Type — Municipality • Image Shield — Kramfors vapen.svg • Shield Size — 120x80px • Image Map — Kramfors Municipality.svg • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Sweden • Subdivision Type1 — County • Subdivision Name1 — Västernorrland County • Seat Type — Seat • Seat — Kramfors • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Note — Area as of. • Population Density Km2 — auto • Time Zone1 — CET • Utc Offset1 — +1 • Time Zone1 Dst — CEST • Utc Offset1 Dst — +2 • Custom Label Sec1 — Province • Custom Data Sec1 — Ångermanland • Custom Label1 Sec1 — Municipal code • Custom Data1 Sec1 — 2282 • Iso Code — SE • Website — http: www.kramfors.se Kramfors Municipality (Kramfors kommun) is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Kramfors. The rural municipality of Gudmundrå was in 1947 made one of the last administrative cities of Sweden and got the name Kramfors from an industrial settlement. In 1952 many of the surrounding entities were grouped into larger municipalities. The nationwide reform in 1971 made Kramfors a unitary municipality, but the amalgamation process was not fulfilled until 1974. The number of original units within the present municipality is eleven, including Bjärtrå. The municipality features the Sandö Bridge, crossing the Ångerman River. It is a concrete bridge in one span, and with a length of 264 meters it was the longest of that kind from its inauguration 1943 to 1964. Nearby is a monument to the people killed in the Ådalen shootings, 1931, when the Swedish military shot socialist demonstrators, killing five. The UNESCO World Heritage Area Höga kusten ("High coast" in English) is located on the east coast of Kramfors municipality.
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Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Kramfors Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 17,991 residents, including 14,021 Swedish citizens of voting age. 61.0% voted for the left coalition and 37.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. role="presentation" • Location • data-sort-type="number" | — data-sort-type="number" | — data-sort-type="number" | % — data-sort-type="number" | % — data-sort-type="number" | — data-sort-type="number" | — data-sort-type="number" | — data-sort-type="number" | — data-sort-type="number" | • Bjärtrå — 1,334 — 1,054 — 61.5 — 37.1 — 73 — 86 — 14 — 22,649 — 25 • Björsta — 1,546 — 1,159 — 62.8 — 35.4 — 73 — 75 — 25 — 21,647 — 26 • Blästa — 1,335 — 1,039 — 57.1 — 41.4 — 75 — 87 — 13 — 23,275 — 22 • Bollsta — 1,359 — 1,045 — 56.6 — 42.6 — 72 — 84 — 16 — 21,481 — 20 • Centrum — 1,665 — 1,303 — 68.4 — 30.0 — 74 — 73 — 27 — 20,052 — 27 • Docksta — 825 — 677 — 59.3 — 38.3 — 81 — 92 — 8 — 23,581 — 34 • Frånö-Lunde — 1,248 — 982 — 60.5 — 38.3 — 71 — 87 — 13 — 21,510 — 25 • Gumås — 1,789 — 1,351 — 62.5 — 37.0 — 86 — 89 — 11 — 27,951 — 35 • Nora-Skog — 1,570 — 1,250 — 61.3 — 37.5 — 79 — 89 — 11 — 23,690 — 33 • Nordingrå — 1,239 — 1,037 — 63.5 — 35.4 — 82 — 89 — 11 — 22,967 — 40 • Nyland — 1,475 — 1,242 — 55.3 — 42.9 — 74 — 90 — 10 — 21,355 — 25 • Ullånger — 1,143 — 879 — 60.3 — 38.4 — 83 — 86 — 14 — 22,882 — 29 • Östby — 1,463 — 1,003 — 63.8 — 35.0 — 70 — 74 — 26 — 20,412 — 22 • Source: SVT
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