Sorsele Municipality

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Sorsele Municipality
Sorsele kommun
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Sorsele Municipality in Vasterbotten County.png
Coordinates: 65°32′N17°32′E / 65.533°N 17.533°E / 65.533; 17.533
Country Sweden
County Västerbotten County
Seat Sorsele
Area
[1]
  Total7,957.64 km2 (3,072.46 sq mi)
  Land7,368.44 km2 (2,844.97 sq mi)
  Water589.2 km2 (227.5 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023) [2]
  Total2,387
  Density0.30/km2 (0.78/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Lapland
Municipal code 2422
Website www.sorsele.se

Sorsele Municipality (Swedish : Sorsele kommun, Ume Sami : Suorsán kommuvdna; Southern Sami : Suarsan tjïelte) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Sorsele.

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Sorsele Municipality covers an area of 8,012 km2. It is the eleventh largest municipality by size, but has one of the smallest populations.

The municipality has not been affected by the two local government reforms of the 20th century, but has had its large size since the municipal system was implemented in 1863.

The name appears to stem from the Sami word sourge, which means branch, and sel, which is of Swedish origin and refers to a kind of stream. This refers to the protected Vindel River (Swedish: Vindelälven), which flows through the town and municipality of Sorsele.

Geography wise, around half of the municipal area is part of the Vindelfjällens Nature Reserve.

Localities

There is only one locality (or urban area) in Sorsele Municipality: [3]

#LocalityPopulation
1 Sorsele 1,288

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Sorsele Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. [4]

In total there were 2,461 residents, including 1,843 Swedish citizens of voting age. [4] 56.6% voted for the left coalition and 42.4% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

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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. Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
  4. 1 2 3 "Valresultat 2022 för Sorsele i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2024.