Ragunda 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

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 in northern Sweden

Sweden

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. Its seat

Administrative centre

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 is in Hammarstrand

Hammarstrand

Hammarstrand is a locality and the seat of Ragunda Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden with 1,061 inhabitants in 2005. The town is host to a bobsleigh and luge track...

.

The present municipality was formed in 1974, when "old" Ragunda Municipality was amalgamated with the municipalities of Fors and Stugun. Further amalgamations have been discussed due to declining population, but have not been carried out.

Ragunda Municipality is known for being the site of the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Building

King Chulalongkorn Memorial Building

The King Chulalongkorn Memorial Building is a Thai pavilion in Utanede, Sweden built to commemorate the 1897 visit of King Chulalongkorn of Thailand to the town....

, which is located by the village Utanede. Designed as a Thai

Thailand

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 royal pavilion

Pavilion (structure)

In architecture a pavilion has two main meanings.-Free-standing structure:Pavilion may refer to a free-standing structure sited a short distance from a main residence, whose architecture makes it an object of pleasure. Large or small, there is usually a connection with relaxation and pleasure in...

, the only one of its kind outside Thailand, it was raised in 1997 in commemoration of King Chulalongkorn

Chulalongkorn

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramintharamaha Chulalongkorn Phra Chunla Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua , or Rama V was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri. He was known to the Siamese of his time as Phra Phuttha Chao Luang . He is considered one of the greatest kings of Siam...

's visit there a century earlier.

Döda Fallet

Döda Fallet

Döda Fallet is an extinct whitewater rapid in Ragunda Municipality in the eastern part of the province of Jämtland in Sweden....

 (The dead waterfall) is an extinct whitewater

Whitewater

Whitewater is formed in a rapid, when a river's gradient increases enough to disturb its laminar flow and create turbulence, i.e. form a bubbly, or aerated and unstable current; the frothy water appears white...

 rapid

Rapid

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 in a nature reserve

Nature reserve

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 and one of the major tourist attractions of the municipality.

Localities

There are four 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 Ragunda Municipality:

#	Locality	Population
1	Hammarstrand Hammarstrand Hammarstrand is a locality and the seat of Ragunda Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden with 1,061 inhabitants in 2005. The town is host to a bobsleigh and luge track...	1,061
2	Stugun Stugun Stugun is a locality situated in Ragunda Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 627 inhabitants in 2005....	627
3	Västra Bispgården Västra Bispgården Västra Bispgården is a locality situated in Ragunda Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 523 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...	523
4	Östra Bispgården Östra Bispgården Östra Bispgården is a locality situated in Ragunda Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 294 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...	294

The municipal seat in bold

Emphasis (typography)

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External links

• Ragunda Municipality - Official site