Ragunda Municipality
Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden
The Ragunda Municipality (Swedish: Ragunda kommun; [ˈrɑ̂ːˌɡɵnːda]) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is in Hammarstrand.
The present municipality was formed in 1974, when the "old" Ragunda Municipality was amalgamated with the municipalities of Fors and Stugun. Further amalgamations have been discussed due to declining population but have not been carried out.
The Ragunda Municipality is known for being the site of the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Building, which is by the village Utanede. Designed as a Thai royal pavilion, the only one of its kind outside Thailand, it was raised in 1997 in commemoration of King Chulalongkorn's visit there a century earlier.
Döda fallet (transl. The dead waterfall) is an extinct whitewater rapid in a nature reserve and one of the major tourist attractions of the municipality.
01Localities
There are four urban areas in Sweden in the Ragunda Municipality:
| # | Locality | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hammarstrand | 1,061 |
| 2 | Stugun | 627 |
| 3 | Västra Bispgården | 523 |
| 4 | Östra Bispgården | 294 |
The municipal seat in bold
02Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Ragunda Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from Sveriges Television's election platform, in turn taken from Statistics Sweden's official reports.
In total, there were 5,204 residents, including 3,983 Swedish citizens of voting age. 55.2% voted for the left coalition and 43.4% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Döviken | 773 | 608 | 55.3 | 42.7 | 83 | 91 | 9 | 22,141 | 21 |
| Fors | 1,170 | 885 | 49.6 | 48.5 | 79 | 83 | 17 | 20,266 | 19 |
| Hammaren | 1,930 | 1,455 | 58.0 | 41.2 | 81 | 83 | 17 | 22,337 | 22 |
| Stugubyn | 1,331 | 1,035 | 57.4 | 41.2 | 87 | 93 | 7 | 23,599 | 26 |
| Source: SVT | |||||||||
Sources and credits
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- Ragunda gamla kyrka.jpg by Hanjac, Public domain
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