Kil Municipality

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Kil Municipality
Kils kommun
Municipality
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Coat of arms of Kil Municipality
Coat of arms
Kil Municipality in Värmland County.png
Coordinates: 59°30′N 13°18′E / 59.5°N 13.3°E / 59.5; 13.3Coordinates: 59°30′N 13°18′E / 59.5°N 13.3°E / 59.5; 13.3
CountrySweden
CountyVärmland County
SeatKil
Area
[1]
 • Total406.87 km2 (157.09 sq mi)
 • Land359.73 km2 (138.89 sq mi)
 • Water47.14 km2 (18.20 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2019)[2]
 • Total12,087
 • Density30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVärmland
Municipal code1715
Websitewww.kil.se

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 fifteenth 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.

The town is notable as the location of Sweden's first railroad in 1849.

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  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.

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