Editing Kil Municipality

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| name                   = Kil Municipality
| native_name            = ''Kils kommun''<!-- If different from name -->
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'''Kil Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Kils kommun}}) is a [[municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Värmland County]] in west central [[Sweden]]. Its seat is located in the town of [[Kil, Värmland|Kil]].

The local government reform of 1971 [[amalgamation (politics)|amalgamated]] Stora Kil, Järnskog and a part of Brunskog, thus forming Kil Municipality.

Kil means [[wedge]], crack or similar in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], in this case referring to a bay (old Swedish). The name is at least from the fifteenth century, referring to a bay by the small [[lake]] Hyn, where the church was constructed. The town later became the seat of the juridical [[Kil Hundred]], which is known to have existed in 1426. The wedge is noted in the [[coat of arms]].

The town is notable as the location of Sweden's first [[rail transport|railroad]] in 1849.

==Localities==
*[[Fagerås]]
*[[Högboda]]
*[[Kil, Värmland|Kil]] (seat)

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Kil 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=KilVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1715-kil.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Kil i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 12,129 residents, including 9,297 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=KilVal2022/> 46.1% voted for the left coalition and 53.2% 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}}
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! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
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! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
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|-
| align="left" |Boda
| 815
| 652
| 44.2
| 54.5
| 77
| 94
| 6
| 24,568
| 37
|-
| align="left" |Dalliden
| 2,154
| 1,790
| 51.2
| 47.8
| 80
| 91
| 9
| 23,320
| 35
|-
| align="left" |Fagerås
| 861
| 643
| 36.0
| 62.7
| 80
| 93
| 7
| 24,403
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Frykerud
| 839
| 671
| 43.3
| 55.9
| 89
| 95
| 5
| 27,757
| 37
|-
| align="left" |Sannerud
| 2,381
| 1,705
| 49.9
| 49.3
| 72
| 79
| 21
| 20,871
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Stenåsen
| 2,221
| 1,702
| 46.4
| 53.2
| 84
| 93
| 7
| 27,994
| 38
|-
| align="left" |Tolita
| 870
| 653
| 39.9
| 59.8
| 83
| 95
| 5
| 26,106
| 35
|-
| align="left" |Vikstad
| 1,988
| 1,481
| 44.8
| 54.9
| 88
| 94
| 6
| 29,054
| 47
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=KilVal2022/>
|}

==Sister cities==
*[[Laihia]], [[Finland]]
*[[Skuodas]], [[Lithuania]]
*[[Svinninge, Holbæk Municipality|Svinninge]], [[Denmark]]
*[[Trysil]], [[Norway]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.kil.se Kil Municipality] - Official site
*[http://www.kil.just.nu Kil.just.nu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917141123/http://www.kil.just.nu/ |date=2020-09-17 }}

{{Adjacent communities
 | Centre = Kil
 | N  = [[Sunne Municipality|Sunne]]
 | E  = [[Forshaga Municipality|Forshaga]]
 | SE = [[Karlstad Municipality|Karlstad]]
 | SW = [[Grums Municipality|Grums]]
 | W  = [[Arvika Municipality|Arvika]]
}}
{{Värmland County}}
{{Localities in Kil Municipality}}
{{authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Värmland County]]