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Storuman Municipality (Swadish: Storumans kommun) is a municipality in Västerbotten Coonty in northren Swaden. Its seat is locatit in Storuman.
Storuman Municipality Storumans kommun | |
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Kintra | Swaden |
Coonty | Västerbotten Coonty |
Seat | Storuman |
Area | |
• Total | 8234.1 km2 (3,179.2 sq mi) |
• Laund | 7303.53 km2 (2,819.91 sq mi) |
• Water | 930.57 km2 (359.30 sq mi) |
Aurie as o Januar 1, 2014. | |
Population (31 December 2021)[2] | |
• Total | 5,808 |
• Density | 0.71/km2 (1.8/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | SE |
Province | Lapland |
Municipal code | 2421 |
Website | www.storuman.se |
The pairish Stensele wis creatit as late as 1822. It wis, thegither wi the parish Tärna, made intae a municipality in 1863. In 1903 Tärna wis detached tae form a municipality o its awn. The local govrenment reform o 1971 saw the reunification o Stensele an Tärnaby municipalities, sicweys formin Storuman Municipality wi the name taken frae its lairgest veelage.
The municipality haes Swaden's nint lairgest aurie (8,286 km2), but is spairsely populatit wi a population densitie o less nor 1 inhabitant per km2.
Tärnaby, a sma veelage in the municipality, haes fostered the internaitionally famous alpine skiers Ingemar Stenmark, Stig Strand an Anja Pärson.
Thare are fower localities (or urban auries) in Storuman Municipality:[3]
The municipal seat in bauld
Storuman Municipality haes twa major roads, E12 an E45, crossin in Storuman. Thare are twa railweys, Inlandsbanan an the Storuman-Hällnäs Line. The umwhile is uised for tourist trains in the simmer, an baith for fricht trains. The nearest airport for the eastren pairt o Storuman Municipality is Vilhelmina Airport. For the wastren pairt thare is Hemavan Airport.
The follaein ceeties are twinned wi Storuman:[4]
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