Härjedalen Municipality

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capital=Sveg
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county=Jämtland County
province=Härjedalen
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area=15,825
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population_as_of=2005
populationrank=198th
population=11,364| populationpercent=x.x
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location=62_02_N_14_21_E
locationReadable=62° 02´ N 14° 21´ E

Härjedalen Municipality ("Härjedalens kommun") is a municipality in Jämtland County in the middle of Sweden. It roughly, but not exactly corresponds with the traditional province Härjedalen. The seat is in Sveg.

The municipality was created in 1974 and is one of two in Sweden with the name of a province. It consists of nine original local government entities (as of 1863).

Localities

*Funäsdalen
*Hede
*Lillhärdal
*Rätan
*Sveg (seat)
*Vemdalen
*Ytterhogdal
*Älvros

Geography

With a total area of 15,825 km², it is Sweden's fifth largest. However, it is largely wilderness, and the municipality is sparsely inhabited.

For comparison, the municipality covers as much territory as Uppsala County and Stockholm County combined, but those two counties have over 2,000,000 inhabitants.

Demography

The population has been in decline in the last decades. The birth rate is negative, and so is net migration.

:Year Population Birth/Death rate:1994 12,199 -56:1995 12,109 -68:1996 11,961 -95:1997 11,790 -91:1998 11,723 -105:1999 11,594 -87 :2000 11,415 -68 :2001 11,327 -84 :2002 11,289 -56 :2003 11,065 -80 :2004 10,951 -103Fact|date=February 2007

Of the total population, 4% are immigrants from other countries. The national average is 12%.Fact|date=February 2007

References

* Statistics Sweden, for January 1, 2005.

Notable natives

* Henning Mankell, the author, is from Sveg.

External links

* [http://www.herjedalen.se/ Härjedalen] - Official site