Kramfors Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Kramfors kommun
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capital=Kramfors
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county=Västernorrland County
province=Ångermanland
arearank=53rd
area=1,705
areapercent=x.x
population_as_of=2005
populationrank=x| population=20,383| populationpercent=x.x
populationdensity=12




locationReadable=62°56′N 17°47′E
location=62_56_N_17_47_E

Kramfors Municipality ("Kramfors kommun") is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Kramfors.

The rural municipality of "Gudmundrå" was in 1947 made one of the last administrative cities of Sweden and got the name Kramfors from an industrial settlement. In 1952 many of the surrounding entities were grouped into larger municipalities. The nation-wide reform in 1971 made Kramfors a unitary municipality, but the amalgamation process was not fulfilled until 1974. The number of original units within the present municipality is eleven.

The municipality features the Sandö Bridge, crossing the Ångerman River. It is a concrete bridge in one span, and with a length of 264 meters it was the longest of that kind from its inauguration 1943 to 1964.

Nearby is a monument over the people killed in the Ådalen shootings, 1931, where the Swedish military shot against socialistic demonstrants, killing five.

The UNESCO World Heritage Area Höga kusten ("High coast" in English) is located on the east coast of Kramfors municipality.

External links

* [http://www.kramfors.se Kramfors] - Official site