Kristinehamn Municipality

Kristinehamn Municipality (Kristinehamns kommun) is a municipality in Värmland Coonty in wast central Swaden. Its seat is locatit in the ceety o Kristinehamn.

Kristinehamn Municipality Kristinehamns kommun
Municipality
Coat airms
Kintra	Swaden
Coonty	Värmland Coonty
Seat	Kristinehamn
Area [1]
• Total	1384.44 km2 (534.54 sq mi)
• Laund	753.12 km2 (290.78 sq mi)
• Water	631.32 km2 (243.75 sq mi)
	Aurie as o Januar 1, 2014.
Population  (31 December 2021)[2]
• Total	24,099
• Density	17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Värmland
Municipal code	1781
Website	www.kristinehamn.se

The present municipality wis creatit in 1971 when the umwhile Ceety o Kristinehamn wis mergit wi pairts o the twa dissolvit rural municipalities Visnum an Väse.

Localities

• Kristinehamn (seat)
• Björneborg
• Bäckhammar
• Ölme

Steids o interest

• The medieval island of Saxholmen, situated in the beautiful archipelago of Kristinehamn. There have been several archaeological excavations on the island during the past few years. There is a myth that once the cruel and hateful Saxe av Sachsen lived on the island with his wife and servants. His wife took off with her lover.
• Östervik chapel is a unique small church which has a fascinating history and architecture.
• Folk museum, the red-painted houses made of wood, the rushing of the water, and the bleating of the sheep make altogether a wonderful atmosphere and give you a memorable visit. Lundbomsgården is a middle class home from the 19th century, the mill from the early 17th century.
• Värmlands Säby manor house has typical 18th century qualities with beautiful tiled stoves and painted tapestries. There is also a unique hedge maze consisting of 1,747 bushes.

Internaitional relations

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

The municipality is twinned with^[3]:

• Brodnica, Poland (syne 2003)
• Elva, Estonie (syne 1992)^[4]
• Farsund, Norawa (syne 1945)
• Rautavaara, Finland (syne 1971)
• Seinäjoki, Finland (syne 1945)

References

1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swadish). Stateestics Swaden. Retrieved 18 Apryle 2014.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
2. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 22 Februar 2022. Retrieved 22 Februar 2022.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
3. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 1 Apryle 2008. Retrieved 1 November 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Elva linn. Archived frae the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 23 Julie 2011.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)

Freemit airtins

• Kristinehamn Municipality - Offeecial steid
• Kristinehamn Information Service Archived 2018-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Swadish) Article Kristinehamn - Frae Nordisk familjebok

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