Årjäng Municipality

Årjäng Municipality (Template:Langx) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden, bordering Norway. Its seat is located in the town of Årjäng.

A separate local government entity named Årjäng was created in 1941 when it was detached from Silbodal. In 1952 the two were reunited under the name of Årjäng. In 1971 Sillerud and Holmedal were amalgamated with Årjäng. In 1974 Töcksmark was added, expanding the municipality to its current size. The municipality contains two localities, Årjäng and Töcksfors. Known Swedish sportsmen from this municipality are Per-Gunnar Andersson and Thomas Wassberg.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Årjäng 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=ÅrjängVal2022>Template:Cite web</ref>

In total there were 9,936 residents, including 6,896 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=ÅrjängVal2022/> 35.4% voted for the left coalition and 63.8% 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;" | % % Holmedal 1,453 1,030 34.4 64.9 72 80 20 25,163 22 Sillerud 1,087 833 28.2 70.7 80 91 9 25,065 20 Töcksfors 2,688 1,645 31.2 68.1 63 65 35 26,490 21 Årjäng N 1,838 1,348 39.2 59.7 69 71 29 20,471 21 Årjäng V 1,685 1,200 40.6 59.1 69 76 24 23,680 21 Årjäng Ö 1,185 840 37.3 61.8 74 77 23 24,749 25 Source: SVT<ref name=ÅrjängVal2022/>

See also

• Egenäs

External links

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• Årjäng Municipality - Official site