Härjedalen Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

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 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 Sveg

Sveg

Sveg is a locality and the seat of Härjedalen Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden with 2,633 inhabitants in 2005.The Swedish author Henning Mankell was brought up in Sveg, and it is the setting for his crime novel Danslärarens återkomst .- References :...

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The municipality roughly, but not exactly, corresponds with the traditional province

Provinces of Sweden

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 Härjedalen

Härjedalen

' is a historical province or landskap in the centre of Sweden. It borders the country of Norway as well as the provinces of Dalarna, Hälsingland, Medelpad, and Jämtland...

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The municipality was created in 1974 and is one of two in Sweden with the name of a province (Gotland Municipality

Gotland Municipality

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 is the other). It consists of nine original local government entities (as of 1863).

Geography

With a total area of 11,935 km², it is Sweden's fifth largest. However, it is largely wilderness

Wilderness

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, and the municipality is sparsely inhabited. For comparison, the municipality covers as much territory as Uppsala County

Uppsala County

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 and Stockholm County

Stockholm County

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 combined, but those two counties have over 2,000,000 inhabitants.

Demography

The population has been in decline in the last decades. The birth/death rate is negative, and so is net migration.

Year Population Birth/Death rate

1994 12,199 -56

1995 12,109 -68

1996 11,961 -95

1997 11,790 -91

1998 11,723 -105

1999 11,594 -87

2000 11,415 -68

2001 11,327 -84

2002 11,289 -56

2003 11,065 -80

2004 10,951 -103

Of the total population, 4% are immigrants from other countries. The national average is 12%.

Localities

There are eight 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 Härjedalen Municipality:

#	Locality	Population
1	Sveg Sveg Sveg is a locality and the seat of Härjedalen Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden with 2,633 inhabitants in 2005.The Swedish author Henning Mankell was brought up in Sveg, and it is the setting for his crime novel Danslärarens återkomst .- References :...	2,633
2	Funäsdalen Funäsdalen Funäsdalen is a locality situated in Härjedalen Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 798 inhabitants in 2005....	798
3	Hede Hede, Sweden Hede is a locality situated in Härjedalen Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 763 inhabitants in 2005. It contains the Hede parish of the Diocese of Härnösand....	763
4	Ytterhogdal Ytterhogdal Ytterhogdal is a locality situated in Härjedalen Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 603 inhabitants in 2005....	603
5	Vemdalen Vemdalen Vemdalen is a locality situated in Härjedalen Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 547 inhabitants in 2005....	547
6	Ulvkälla Ulvkälla Ulvkälla is a locality situated in Härjedalen Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 445 inhabitants in 2005....	445
7	Lillhärdal Lillhärdal Lillhärdal is a locality situated in Härjedalen Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 365 inhabitants in 2005....	365
8	Norr-Hede Norr-Hede Norr-Hede is a locality situated in Härjedalen Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 293 inhabitants in 2005....	293

The municipal seat in bold

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External links

• Härjedalen Municipality - Official site