Berg Municipality
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Berg Municipality is a municipality
Municipalities of Sweden
The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...

 in Jämtland County
Jämtland County
Jämtland County is a county or län in the middle of Sweden consisting of the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, along with minor parts of Hälsingland and Ångermanland, plus two tiny uninhabited strips of Lapland and Dalarna. Jämtland County constitutes 12 percent of Sweden's total area, and is...

 in northern Sweden
Sweden
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. Its seat
Administrative centre
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 is located in Svenstavik
Svenstavik
Svenstavik is a locality and the seat of Berg Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden with 948 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...

.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 when "old" Berg Municipality was amalgamated with four other entities.

As often in northern Sweden the municipality is one of the larger in terms of area, but one of the smaller in terms of population.


Localities

There are six localities
Urban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...

 (or urban areas) in Berg Municipality:
# Locality Population
1 Svenstavik
Svenstavik
Svenstavik is a locality and the seat of Berg Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden with 948 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...

948
2 Hackås  518
3 Klövsjö
Klövsjö
Klövsjö is a locality situated in Berg Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 312 inhabitants in 2005.- External links :* - Official site...

 
312
4 Åsarne
Åsarne
Åsarne is a locality situated in Berg Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 271 inhabitants in 2005....

 
271
5 Myrviken
Myrviken
Myrviken is a locality situated in Berg Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 224 inhabitants in 2005....

 
224
5 Rätan
Rätan
Rätan is a locality situated in Berg Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 168 inhabitants in 2005....

 
168


The municipal seat in bold
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