Ragunda Municipality

Ragunda Municipality (Swedish: Ragunda kommun [ˈrɑ̂ːˌɡɵnːda])[3] is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is in Hammarstrand.

"Ragunda" redirects here. For the 1796 Ragunda Lake (Ragundasjön) collapse flood disaster, see Döda fallet.
Ragunda Municipality

Ragunda kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
CountrySweden
CountyJämtland County
SeatHammarstrand
Area
 • Total2,633.11 km2 (1,016.65 sq mi)
 • Land2,511.14 km2 (969.56 sq mi)
 • Water121.97 km2 (47.09 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2019)[2]
 • Total5,284
 • Density2.0/km2 (5.2/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceJämtland
Municipal code2303
Websitewww.ragunda.se

The present municipality was formed in 1974, when "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.

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 (The dead waterfall) is an extinct whitewater rapid in a nature reserve and one of the major tourist attractions of the municipality.

Localities

There are four localities (or urban areas) in Ragunda Municipality:[4]

#LocalityPopulation
1Hammarstrand1,061
2Stugun627
3Västra Bispgården523
4Östra Bispgården294

The municipal seat in bold

Twin cities

See also

References
  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.
  3. Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 19.
  4. Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
  5. "Kolme vuosikymmentä pohjoismaisia ystäväkuntasuhteita Karstulassa" (PDF) (in Finnish). Karstulan Pohjola-Norden ry. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

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