Kil Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Kils kommun


county=Värmland County
province=Värmland
capital=Kil


arearank=213th
area=409.32
arealand=360.69
populationrank=187th
population=11,803
densityrank=125th
populationdensity=32.7
website=http://www.kil.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006

Kil Municipality ("Kils kommun") is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kil.

The local government reform of 1971 amalgamated Stora Kil, Järnskog and a part of Brunskog, thus forming Kil Municipality.

Kil means wedge, crack or similar in Swedish, in this case referring to a bay (old Swedish). The name is at least from the 15th 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.

Localities

*Fagerås
*Högboda
*Kil (seat)

Notability

Sweden's first railroad in 1849.

ister cities

*Laihia, Finland
*Skuodas, Latvia
*Svinninge, Denmark
*Trysil, Norway

External links

* [http://www.kil.se Kil Municipality] - Official site
* [http://www.kil.just.nu Kil.just.nu]