Ånge Municipality

Ånge Municipality Ånge kommun
Municipality
Ljungaverk
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 62°31′N 15°37′E / 62.517°N 15.617°E / 62.517; 15.617Coordinates: 62°31′N 15°37′E / 62.517°N 15.617°E / 62.517; 15.617
Country	Sweden
County	Västernorrland County
Seat	Ånge
Area [1]
• Total	3,295.56 km2 (1,272.42 sq mi)
• Land	3,051.36 km2 (1,178.14 sq mi)
• Water	244.2 km2 (94.3 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2019)[2]
• Total	9,316
• Density	2.8/km2 (7.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Medelpad
Municipal code	2260

Ånge Municipality (Ånge kommun) is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Ånge.

The railway junction Ånge was in 1947 made a market town (köping) and detached from Borgsjö. In 1971 they were reunited and together with Haverö and Torp the present municipality was formed.

The municipal most known slogan is Sweden's geographical center. It was in 1947 measured by the Royal Institute of Technology to be situated by the lake Munkbysjön (Lake Munkby), in the municipality's eastern parts. In 2002 the slogan was changed to Wonderful byways.

13 kilometers east of the town Ånge lies the town Borgsjö. It has a widely acclaimed rococo church from the 18th century.

Localities[]

• Alby
• Fränsta
• Ljungaverk
• Torpshammar
• Ånge (seat)
• Östavall

Sister cities[]

Ånge's sister cities:

• Malvik, Norway;
• Oravais, Finland;
• Ogre, Latvia;
• , Laos.

The Nordic sister cities were established in the 1940s, the others not before 1990.

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Ånge Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
• Ånge - Official site