Berg Municipality

Berg Municipality
Bergs kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Jämtland County
Seat Svenstavik
Area[1]
  Total 6,145.45 km2 (2,372.77 sq mi)
  Land 5,711.34 km2 (2,205.16 sq mi)
  Water 434.11 km2 (167.61 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (December 31, 2015)[2]
  Total 7,032
  Density 1.1/km2 (3.0/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Jämtland and Härjedalen
Municipal code 2326
Website www.berg.se

Berg Municipality (Swedish: Bergs kommun) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Svenstavik.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 when "old" Berg Municipality was amalgamated with four other entities.

As often in northern Sweden the municipality is one of the larger in terms of area, but one of the smaller in terms of population.

The nature reserve Hoverberget lies within Berg Municipality, near Svenstavik. The high mountain Helags and Sweden's highest public road, over Flatruet, are located in the western end of Berg Municipality. Berg means mountain in Swedish, and the namn of the municipality (and the Berg Parish) comes from Hoverberget.

Localities

There are six localities (or urban areas) in Berg Municipality:[3]

# Locality Population
1 Svenstavik 948
2 Hackås 518
3 Klövsjö 312
4 Åsarna 271
5 Myrviken 224
6 Rätan 168

The municipal seat in bold

Notable people

Politics

Result of the 2010 election

Moderate Party 21,37%

Centre party 17,54%

Liberal People's Party 2,68%

Christian Democrats 2,57%

Swedish Social Democratic Party 39,44%

Left Party 5,29%

Green Party 5,31%

Sweden Democrats 4,65%

Other Parties 1,16%

References

  1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2015" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  3. Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005

External links

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