Säffle Municipality

Säffle Municipality (Template:Langx) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Säffle.

Säffle was the last local government unit in Sweden to get the title of a city, in 1951. In 1952 the system with different types of municipalities was made obsolete, but it formally existed until 1971. The present municipality was created in that year, when the city was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities.

The municipality covers a peninsula in Lake Vänern (Värmlandsnäs), and has a large fresh water archipelago.

Värmlandsnäs

Värmlandsnäs, also called Näset, is a big and important part of the municipality. The area which reaches out into the middle of Lake Vänern as a big peninsula is very significant to the economy by the produce of pork. The area supplies more than 200,000 people with pork.Template:Citation needed

Näset also has an archipelago on the east side. The boat people talk very well of Millesvik Archipelago (Millesviks skärgård), which also has a lot of old runestones and other ancient monuments.Template:Citation needed

From Ekenäs harbor you can take the tourist boat to Lurö, a small island in Lake Vänern. At Lurö you can dine and stay over night.Template:Citation needed

Many people who visit Värmlandsnäs in the summer wants to take a swim in Lake Vänern. The opportunities are plenty and good. At Ekenäs you will find a very nice bathing place. From this place you can almost walk all the way out to Lurö. Other popular bathing places are Ekôrn and the bathing place at Örud near Örö harbor (Örö hamn).Template:Citation needed

Localities

• Säffle, pop. 9,500 (seat)
• Värmlandsbro, 630
• Svanskog, ca 600
• Nysäter, ca 200
• Hulta<ref>Template:GEOnet2</ref>

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Säffle 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=SäffleVal2022>Template:Cite web</ref>

In total there were 15,390 residents, including 11,665 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=SäffleVal2022/> 42.7% voted for the left coalition and 56.2% 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;" | % % Annelund 2,212 1,730 40.6 59.1 81 88 12 25,029 24 Höglunda 2,198 1,515 48.3 49.9 67 72 28 20,926 29 Nysäter 1,329 1,063 37.4 61.7 80 91 9 21,575 30 Svaneholm 991 760 38.2 61.3 80 91 9 21,198 22 Tegnér 2,297 1,697 45.0 54.2 77 84 16 24,712 35 Tingvalla 2,513 1,969 44.6 54.1 74 82 18 21,577 27 Trätälja 1,620 1,167 52.1 46.1 58 66 34 18,040 23 Värmlandsnäs N 1,233 977 37.4 61.3 79 93 7 22,873 22 Värmlandsnäs S 997 787 32.9 66.4 84 92 8 24,231 30 Source: SVT<ref name=SäffleVal2022/>

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Säffle Municipality is twinned with:

Template:Flagicon	Hol, Norway
Template:Flagicon	Tørring, DenmarkTemplate:Citation needed
Template:Flagicon	Mäntyharju, Finland
Template:Flagicon	Antsla, Estonia<ref name=antsla>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref>

External links

• Säffle Municipality - Official site