Editing Åsele Municipality

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'''Åsele Municipality''' ({{Langx|sv|Åsele kommun}}) is a [[municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Västerbotten County]] in northern Sweden. Its [[administrative centre|seat]] is located in the town of [[Åsele]]. It is located in the southernmost fringe of [[Lapland (Sweden)|Lapland]].

==History==
The first Swedish settlement in Åsele Municipality (it was already inhabited by the native [[Sami people]]) was in Gafsele south of Åsele. The settlers were Nils Andersson and his wife Brita. They came from Finland in 1674, trying to avoid the war with Russia.

[[Fredrika, Sweden|Fredrika]] is a [[parish]] in the municipality. It was created in 1799 and named in honour of Queen [[Frederica of Baden|Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Sweden]]. Other nearby parishes were named [[Dorotea]] and [[Vilhelmina]], but Åsele refused to take any of these names, as they were proud of themselves and the town.

In 1974 the former market town (''[[köping]]'') Åsele (1959-1970) was amalgamated with Dorotea and Fredrika. In 1980 the Dorotea part was detached, forming a new [[Dorotea Municipality]].

==Geography==
[[File:Björnlandets_nationalpark.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Björnlandet National Park]].]]
Geographically, the [[Ångerman River]] flows from Vilhelmina through Åsele Municipality, and many [[hydropower|electric power stations]] are built around it.

The town Åsele is located in the middle of the municipality. It has a wooden church, a small historical (open-air) museum, and a nine-hole golf course.

===Localities===
There are two [[urban areas in Sweden|localities]] (or urban areas) in Åsele Municipality:<ref>[http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01A/Tatorternami0810tab1en.xls Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005]</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
! # !! Locality !! Population
|-
| 1 || '''[[Åsele]]''' || align="right" | 1,920
|-
| 2 || [[Fredrika, Sweden|Fredrika]] || align="right" | 254
|}

<small>The municipal seat in [[emphasis (typography)|bold]]</small>

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Åsele Municipality's electoral districts in the [[2022 Swedish general election]] sourced from [[Swedish Television|SVT]]'s election platform, in turn taken from [[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]] official statistics.<ref name=ÅseleVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-2463-asele.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Åsele i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 2,803 residents, including 2,126 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=ÅseleVal2022/> 54.9% voted for the left coalition and 43.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
! rowspan="3" |Location
! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}}
! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} [[Swedish kronor|SEK]]}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}
|-
!
! 
! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
|-
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
|-
| align="left" |Åsele C
| 1,597
| 1,237
| 57.2
| 41.3
| 78
| 86
| 14
| 21,345
| 27
|-
| align="left" |Åsele omland
| 1,206
| 889
| 53.0
| 45.5
| 82
| 85
| 15
| 21,368
| 31
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=ÅseleVal2022/>
|}

==Elections==

===Riksdag===
These are the results of the elections to the [[Swedish Riksdag|Riksdag]] for Åsele Municipality since the 1972 municipal reform. [[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]] did not publish the party's results for the [[Sweden Democrats]] between 1988 and 1998 because of the party's small size nationally.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year
! Turnout
! Votes
! [[Left Party (Sweden)|V]]
! [[Social Democrats (Sweden)|S]]
! [[Green Party (Sweden)|MP]]
! [[Centre Party (Sweden)|C]]
! [[Liberals (Sweden)|L]]
! [[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|KD]]
! [[Moderate Party|M]]
! [[Sweden Democrats|SD]]
! [[New Democracy (Sweden)|ND]]
|-
| [[1973 Swedish general election|1973]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1973-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1973 (page 168)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>
| 89.9
| 6,086
| 3.7
| 51.8
| 0.0
| 24.7
| 12.2
| 2.7
| 4.4
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1976 Swedish general election|1976]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1976-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1976 (page 163)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>
| 90.9
| 6,299
| 3.3
| 54.1
| 0.0
| 24.7
| 11.4
| 1.9
| 4.6
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1979 Swedish general election|1979]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1979-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1979 (page 187)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>
| 88.7
| 3,380
| 2.9
| 55.9
| 0.0
| 20.5
| 10.5
| 2.7
| 7.4
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1982 Swedish general election|1982]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1982-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1982 (page 188)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>
| 89.3
| 3,309
| 3.6
| 58.3
| 1.0
| 19.9
| 6.5
| 2.9
| 7.9
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1985 Swedish general election|1985]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1985-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1985 (page 189)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>
| 88.0
| 3,149
| 4.2
| 56.7
| 1.0
| 21.1
| 8.8
| 0.0
| 8.2
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1988 Swedish general election|1988]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1988-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1988 (page 169)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>
| 86.2
| 2,893
| 3.7
| 57.9
| 3.5
| 16.8
| 7.7
| 4.7
| 5.5
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[1991 Swedish general election|1991]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1991-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1991 (page 31)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>
| 83.2
| 2,708
| 4.8
| 53.7
| 1.3
| 15.5
| 5.9
| 6.9
| 8.3
| 0.0
| 1.3
|-
| [[1994 Swedish general election|1994]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/H/SOS%201911-/Valstatistiken/Allm%C3%A4nna%20valen%20(SOS)%201970-1998/Valstatistik-Allmanna-valen-1994-Del-1-Riksdagsvalet.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1994 (page 46)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>
| 85.1
| 2,705
| 5.1
| 59.9
| 4.1
| 12.6
| 4.7
| 4.4
| 8.1
| 0.0
| 0.7
|-
| [[1998 Swedish general election|1998]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scb.se/Grupp/Hitta_statistik/Historisk_statistik/_Dokument/Valstatistiken/Valstatistik%20Allmanna%20valen%201998%20Del%201%20Riksdagen.pdf|title=Riksdagsvalet 1998 (page 43)|publisher=SCB|language=sv|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>
| 81.2
| 2,442
| 11.8
| 50.5
| 2.6
| 10.6
| 3.8
| 8.4
| 9.1
| 0.0
| 0.0
|-
| [[2002 Swedish general election|2002]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val_02/slutresultat/24R/2463/2463.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Åsele kommun 2002|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>
| 79.9
| 2,208
| 9.1
| 52.3
| 1.9
| 17.2
| 5.7
| 6.0
| 5.1
| 0.4
| 0.0
|-
| [[2006 Swedish general election|2006]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/R/kommun/24/63/roster.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Åsele kommun 2006|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>
| 80.7
| 2,070
| 7.0
| 50.6
| 1.1
| 16.3
| 4.8
| 6.5
| 10.0
| 1.6
| 0.0
|-
| [[2010 Swedish general election|2010]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/R/kommun/24/63/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Åsele kommun 2010|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>
| 83.3
| 2,004
| 7.4
| 51.2
| 1.9
| 9.6
| 5.8
| 5.4
| 13.6
| 3.9
| 0.0
|-
| [[2014 Swedish general election|2014]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.val.se/val/val2014/slutresultat/R/kommun/24/63/index.html|title=Valresultat Riksdag Åsele kommun 2014|publisher=Valmyndigheten|language=sv|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>
| 84.9
| 1,893
| 9.1
| 44.8
| 1.9
| 10.6
| 5.2
| 3.4
| 11.7
| 10.9
| 0.0
|}

'''Blocs'''

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Year
! Turnout
! Votes
! Left
! Right
! [[Sweden Democrats|SD]]
! Other
! Elected
|-
| [[1973 Swedish general election|1973]]
| 89.9
| 6,086
| '''55.5'''
| 41.3
| 0.0
| 3.2
| 96.8
|-
| [[1976 Swedish general election|1976]]
| 90.9
| 6,299
| 57.4
| '''40.7'''
| 0.0
| 1.9
| 98.1
|-
| [[1979 Swedish general election|1979]]
| 88.7
| 3,380
| 58.8
| '''38.4'''
| 0.0
| 2.8
| 97.2
|-
| [[1982 Swedish general election|1982]]
| 89.3
| 3,309
| '''61.9'''
| 34.3
| 0.0
| 4.8
| 95.2
|-
| [[1985 Swedish general election|1985]]
| 88.0
| 3,149
| '''60.9'''
| 38.1
| 0.0
| 1.0
| 99.0
|-
| [[1988 Swedish general election|1988]]
| 86.2
| 2,893
| '''65.1'''
| 30.0
| 0.0
| 4.9
| 95.1
|-
| [[1991 Swedish general election|1991]]
| 83.2
| 2,708
| 58.5
| '''36.6'''
| 0.0
| 4.9
| 96.4
|-
| [[1994 Swedish general election|1994]]
| 85.1
| 2,705
| '''69.1'''
| 29.8
| 0.0
| 1.1
| 98.9
|-
| [[1998 Swedish general election|1998]]
| 81.2
| 2,442
| '''64.9'''
| 31.9
| 0.0
| 3.2
| 96.8
|-
| [[2002 Swedish general election|2002]]
| 79.9
| 2,208
| '''63.3'''
| 34.0
| 0.0
| 2.7
| 97.3
|-
| [[2006 Swedish general election|2006]]
| 80.7
| 2,070
| 58.7
| '''37.6'''
| 0.0
| 3.7
| 96.3
|-
| [[2010 Swedish general election|2010]]
| 83.3
| 2,004
| 60.5
| '''34.4'''
| 3.9
| 1.2
| 98.8
|-
| [[2014 Swedish general election|2014]]
| 84.9
| 1,893
| '''55.8'''
| 30.9
| 10.9
| 2.4
| 97.6
|}

==Other==
The municipality has recently received some recognition as the future site of Europe's largest [[Buddhism in Thailand|Thai Buddhist]] [[temple]].<ref>[http://www.asele.se/kommun/dokument/templet/2007/facts.pdf Fact sheet on the official site]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Åsele Municipality}}
*[http://www.asele.se Åsele Municipality] - Official site {{in lang|sv}}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Åsele
 | N  = [[Lycksele Municipality|Lycksele]]
 | E  = [[Bjurholm Municipality|Bjurholm]]
 | S  = [[Sollefteå Municipality|Sollefteå]] ([[Västernorrland County|Västernorrland]]), [[Örnsköldsvik Municipality|Örnsköldsvik]] ([[Västernorrland County|Västernorrland]])
 | W  = [[Dorotea Municipality|Dorotea]]
 | NW = [[Vilhelmina Municipality|Vilhelmina]]
}}
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