Editing Vilhelmina Municipality

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| name                    = Vilhelmina Municipality
| native_name             = ''Vilhelmina kommun''<!-- If different from name -->
| native_name_lang        = sv<!-- ISO 639-2 code, e.g. "sv" for Swedish. -->
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of Sweden|Municipality]]
| image_skyline           = Volgsjön outside of Vilhelmina on a summer morning.JPG
| image_alt               = image of a lake near Vilhelmina
| image_caption           = Looking across Volgsjön on a summer morning
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| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = Sweden
| subdivision_type1       = [[Counties of Sweden|County]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Västerbotten County]]
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| seat_type               = [[Administrative centre|Seat]]
| seat                    = [[Vilhelmina]]
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| blank_info_sec1         = [[Lapland, Sweden|Lapland]]
| blank1_name_sec1        = [[Kommunkod|Municipal code]]
| blank1_info_sec1        = 2462
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'''Vilhelmina Municipality''' ({{Langx|sv|Vilhelmina kommun}}; {{langx|sma|Vualtjeren tjïelte}}) is a [[municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Västerbotten County]] in northern [[Sweden]]. Its [[administrative centre|seat]] is located in [[Vilhelmina]].

==History==
In 1804 the [[parish]] of Volgsjö was renamed Vilhelmina in honour of Queen [[Frederica of Baden|Frederica Dorothea Wilhelmina of Sweden]].

In 1947 the [[urban areas in Sweden|locality]] Vilhelmina was detached from the rural municipality with the same name, forming the market town (''[[köping]]'') of Vilhelmina. The two entities were reunited in 1965.

==Geography==
Like the rest of northern Sweden (''[[Norrland]]''), it is scarcely populated due to its inhospitable conditions and cold climate, but is superb for those who like wildlife and untouched nature.

===Localities===
There is only one [[urban areas in Sweden|locality]] (or urban area) in Vilhelmina 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 || '''[[Vilhelmina]]''' || align="right" | 3,633
|}

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Vilhelmina 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=VilhelminaVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-2462-vilhelmina.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Vilhelmina i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 6,473 residents, including 5,093 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=VilhelminaVal2022/> 51.6% voted for the left coalition and 46.7% 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" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
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|-
| align="left" |Baksjönäs
| 1,540
| 1,240
| 54.8
| 43.1
| 78
| 90
| 10
| 21,615
| 28
|-
| align="left" |Dikanäs
| 366
| 343
| 57.7
| 40.6
| 82
| 96
| 4
| 18,250
| 21
|-
| align="left" |Latikberg
| 518
| 388
| 45.8
| 52.8
| 86
| 95
| 5
| 24,353
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Lövliden
| 1,086
| 721
| 57.5
| 39.7
| 81
| 80
| 20
| 23,213
| 27
|-
| align="left" |Nästansjö
| 414
| 323
| 42.7
| 54.7
| 82
| 97
| 3
| 23,329
| 21
|-
| align="left" |Skansholm
| 780
| 614
| 44.3
| 54.6
| 83
| 96
| 4
| 22,553
| 25
|-
| align="left" |Vilhelmina C
| 1,330
| 1,084
| 52.7
| 45.7
| 80
| 91
| 9
| 22,176
| 25
|-
| align="left" |Vilhelmina-Saxnäs
| 439
| 380
| 53.4
| 46.2
| 82
| 95
| 5
| 21,741
| 27
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=VilhelminaVal2022/>
|}

==Culture==
Every July the town of Vilhelmina holds a festival called ''Hembygdsdagarna Vilhelmina''. In addition to popular and folk music performances, tradition holds that a local engaged couple is selected each year to get married during the festival. The bride and groom lead a parade of fiddlers and other traditionally dressed Swedes through town to the church where the marriage is performed in front of all who wish to attend. They are not always able to find a couple willing to get married, however, so some years they hold the parade without an engaged couple, and hold a public church service instead of a wedding.

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
{{Commons category|Vilhelmina Municipality}}
*[http://www.vilhelmina.se Vilhelmina Municipality] - Official site {{in lang|sv}}
*[https://runeberg.org/nfcl/0268.html Article ''Vilhelmina''] from [[Nordisk familjebok]], 1921 {{in lang|sv}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060926071521/http://www.vilhelmina.se/bilder/eng.pdf ''Vilhelmina – An Adventure''] - Tourism [[Portable Document Format|PDF]] file
*[http://www.opentopia.com/showcam.php?camid=3604 Live webcam in Vilhelmina]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Vilhelmina
 | N  = [[Storuman Municipality|Storuman]]
 | NE = [[Lycksele Municipality|Lycksele]]
 | SE = [[Åsele Municipality|Åsele]]
 | S  = [[Strömsund Municipality|Strömsund]] ([[Jämtland County|Jämtland]]), [[Dorotea Municipality|Dorotea]]
 | W  = {{Flagicon|NOR}} [[Hattfjelldal Municipality|Hattfjelldal]]
}}
{{Västerbotten County}}

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