Torsby Municipality
Torsby Municipality (Torsby kommun) is a municipality in Värmland Coonty in wast central Swaden, borderin Norawa. Its seat is locatit in the toun o Torsby.
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| Kintra | Swaden |
| Coonty | Värmland Coonty |
| Seat | Torsby |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4357.44 km2 (1,682.42 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 4162.19 km2 (1,607.03 sq mi) |
| • Water | 195.25 km2 (75.39 sq mi) |
| Aurie as o Januar 1, 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 11,472 |
| • Density | 2.6/km2 (6.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Värmland |
| Municipal code | 1737 |
| Website | www.torsby.se |
The name Torsby means Thor's veelage.
The present municipality consists o aicht oreeginal local govrenment entities (as o 1863): Dalby, Fryksände, Lekvattnet, Norra Finnskoga, Norra Ny, Nyskoga, Södra Finnskoga, Vitsand an Östmark. In 1952 they wur groupit intae fower lairger units an in 1974 they wur aw unitit.
There are lots of Finnish heritage in Torsby Municipality.
Transportation
eeditTorsby is the end station on the Fryksdal branchline frae Karlstad via Kil. There is a sma airport wi scheduled flichts tae Stockholm, whilst the nearest internaitional airport is Gardermoen in Norawa. The 1,690 km lang road, E45, passes through the municipality.
Sport
eeditSven-Göran Eriksson an Marcus Berg hae their ruits in Torsby.
The municipality haes a nummer o skiin centres for baith alpine skiin (Hovfjället an Branäs) an cross-kintra skiin (Mattila an Långberget). A cross-kintra ski tunnel, which is the warld's langest an aw, opened on 16 Juin 2006.
Stjerneskolan, a senior heich schuil, specializes in cross-kintra skiin an biathlon. The maist famous umwhile pupil is Gunde Svan. Carl Johan Bergman, who wis born in Ekshärad, studiet thare for a year an aw.
Govrenment an politics
eeditDistribution o the 31 seats in the municipal cooncil efter the 2010 election:
- Social Democratic Pairty 15
- Moderate Pairty 7
- Centre Pairty 3
- Left Pairty 3
- Swaden Democrats 1
- Leeberal Fowkpairty 1
- Green Pairty 1
Results o the Swadish general election, 2010 in Torsby:
- Social Democratic Pairty 44.3%
- Moderate Pairty 24.3%
- Centre Pairty 8.8%
- Left Pairty 7.2%
- Swaden Democrats 4.2%
- Leeberal Fowkpairty 3.5%
- Christian Democrats 3.1%
- Green Pairty 2.8%
References
eedit- ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swadish). Stateestics Swaden. Retrieved 18 Apryle 2014.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 22 Februar 2022. Retrieved 22 Februar 2022.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
Freemit airtins
eedit- Torsby Municipality - Offeecial steid
- Branäs alpine skiin
