Ragunda Municipality

"Ragunda" redirects here. For the 1796 Ragunda Lake (Ragundasjön) collapse flood disaster, see Döda fallet.

Ragunda Municipality (Swedish: Ragunda kommun [ˈrɑ̂ːˌɡɵnːda])^[3] is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is in Hammarstrand.

Ragunda Municipality Ragunda kommun
Municipality
Ragunda old church
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 63°06′N 16°21′E
Country	Sweden
County	Jämtland County
Seat	Hammarstrand
Area [1]
• Total	2,633.11 km2 (1,016.65 sq mi)
• Land	2,511.14 km2 (969.56 sq mi)
• Water	121.97 km2 (47.09 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)[2]
• Total	5,135
• Density	2.0/km2 (5.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Jämtland
Municipal code	2303
Website	www.ragunda.se

The present municipality was formed in 1974, when "old" Ragunda Municipality was amalgamated with the municipalities of Fors and Stugun. Further amalgamations have been discussed due to declining population but have not been carried out.

Ragunda Municipality is known for being the site of the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Building, which is by the village Utanede. Designed as a Thai royal pavilion, the only one of its kind outside Thailand, it was raised in 1997 in commemoration of King Chulalongkorn's visit there a century earlier.

Döda Fallet (The dead waterfall) is an extinct whitewater rapid in a nature reserve and one of the major tourist attractions of the municipality.

Localities

There are four localities (or urban areas) in Ragunda Municipality:^[4]

#	Locality	Population
1	Hammarstrand	1,061
2	Stugun	627
3	Västra Bispgården	523
4	Östra Bispgården	294

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Ragunda Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[5]

In total there were 5,204 residents, including 3,983 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[5] 55.2% voted for the left coalition and 43.4% 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
			%	%
Döviken	773	608	55.3	42.7	83	91	9	22,141	21
Fors	1,170	885	49.6	48.5	79	83	17	20,266	19
Hammaren	1,930	1,455	58.0	41.2	81	83	17	22,337	22
Stugubyn	1,331	1,035	57.4	41.2	87	93	7	23,599	26
Source: SVT[5]

Twin cities

• Karstula, Finland^[6]

Photo gallery

• 
  King Chulalongkorn Memorial Building
• 
  Döda Fallet
• 
  Statue of Vildhussen in Hammarstrand

See also

• Borgvattnet - The Haunted Vicarage

References

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.
2. "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
3. Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 19.
4. Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
5. "Valresultat 2022 för Ragunda i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
6. "Kolme vuosikymmentä pohjoismaisia ystäväkuntasuhteita Karstulassa" (PDF) (in Finnish). Karstulan Pohjola-Norden ry. Retrieved 7 May 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

• Ragunda Municipality - Official site