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Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hagfors Municipality (Hagfors kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Hagfors.
Hagfors Municipality
Hagfors kommun | |
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![]() Hagfors town hall | |
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Coordinates: 60°02′N 13°39′E | |
Country | Sweden |
County | Värmland County |
Seat | Hagfors |
Area | |
• Total | 2,000.15 km2 (772.26 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,824.17 km2 (704.32 sq mi) |
• Water | 175.98 km2 (67.95 sq mi) |
Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 11,536 |
• Density | 5.8/km2 (15/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | SE |
Province | Värmland |
Municipal code | 1783 |
Website | www.hagfors.se |
The present municipality was created in 1974, when the City of Hagfors (itself instituted as a municipal entity in 1950 as one of the last cities in Sweden) was amalgamated with three rural municipalities.
Being sparsely populated, Hagfors Municipality has natural areas that offer good fishing, canoeing and wildlife.
This is a demographic table based on Hagfors 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 11,543 inhabitants, with 8,852 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 54.7% voted for the left coalition and 44.1% 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 |
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% | % | ||||||||
Ekshärad-Västanberg | 2,201 | 1,705 | 43.7 | 55.1 | 78 | 85 | 15 | 22,192 | 24 |
Hagfors C | 1,955 | 1,681 | 61.9 | 37.0 | 74 | 85 | 15 | 21,851 | 21 |
Hagfors N | 2,060 | 1,466 | 56.4 | 43.1 | 76 | 81 | 19 | 23,206 | 24 |
Hagfors Ö | 1,746 | 1,349 | 58.1 | 40.8 | 75 | 80 | 20 | 23,169 | 23 |
Råda-Höje | 1,825 | 1,335 | 53.0 | 45.5 | 75 | 80 | 20 | 21,398 | 23 |
Sunnemo-Uddeholm | 1,756 | 1,316 | 57.0 | 41.6 | 81 | 86 | 14 | 24,987 | 30 |
Source: SVT[3] |
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