Eda Municipality

Eda Municipality (Template:Langx) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, on the Norwegian border. Its seat is located in the town of Charlottenberg.

The municipal reform of 1971 saw the forming of the present municipality through the amalgamation of "old" Eda with Köla and Järnskog.

Localities

• Charlottenberg (seat)
• Eda glasbruk
• Koppom
• Åmotfors (partly)

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Eda Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.<ref name=EdaVal2022>Template:Cite web</ref>

In total there were 8,471 residents, including 5,458 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=EdaVal2022/> 43.9% voted for the left coalition and 55.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip Template:Tooltip style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;" | style="background:Template:Party color;color:#FFFFFF;" | % % Charlottenberg 2,037 1,311 39.7 59.8 67 71 29 25,208 23 Charlottenberg C 2,020 1,135 48.6 50.3 58 49 51 20,286 50 Koppom 1,565 1,079 42.3 56.3 67 78 22 21,293 21 Köla-Skillingmark 1,153 842 43.3 55.7 76 82 18 26,227 26 Åmotfors 1,696 1,091 49.4 50.0 65 70 30 22,365 22 Source: SVT<ref name=EdaVal2022/>

Government and politics

Distribution of the 35 seats in the municipal council after the 2010 election:

• Social Democratic Party 11
• Centre Party 10
• Hela Edas Lista 8
• Moderate Party 4
• Christian Democrats 1
• Liberal People's Party 1

Results of the 2010 Swedish general election in Eda:

• Social Democratic Party 43.0%
• Moderate Party 22.7%
• Centre Party 12.3%
• Sweden Democrats 5.7%
• Left Party 4.6%
• Christian Democrats 4.0%
• Liberal People's Party 3.7%
• Green Party 2.8%

Sights

The Eda Fortlet (Eda skans), which was in use from 1650 to 1814, was the largest fortress in the province of Värmland. Its purpose was to defend against Norwegian troops. It was made obsolete with the Union between Sweden and Norway in 1814. A museum opened on the site in 1996.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

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• Eda Municipality - Official site