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Gagnef Municipality

Gagnefs kommun
Djurås 2015d.jpg
Coat of arms of Gagnef Municipality
Coat of arms
Gagnef Municipality in Dalarna County.png
Country Sweden
County Dalarna County
Seat Djurås
Area
 • Total 813.9591 km2 (314.2714 sq mi)
 • Land 769.0691 km2 (296.9392 sq mi)
 • Water 44.89 km2 (17.33 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 10,058
 • Density 12.3569/km2 (32.0042/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Dalarna
Municipal code 2026
Website www.gagnef.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Gagnef Municipality (Gagnefs kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Djurås with 2,257 inhabitants, with the largest town being Mockfjärd with 2365 inhabitants. The locality of Gagnef itself is a smaller village.

In 1971 "old" Gagnef was amalgamated with Floda, forming the present municipality.

The industry is dominated by small and semi-small companies mainly operating in the forest industry.

Geographically, the two rivers of the Västerdal River and the Österdal River flow together in Gagnef to form the Dal River, as represented in the municipality's coat of arms.

Localities

  • Björbo
  • Bäsna
  • Djurmo
  • Djurås (seat)
  • Floda
  • Gagnef
  • Mockfjärd
  • Sifferbo

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Gagnef Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 10,500 residents, including 8,044 Swedish citizens of voting age. 44.1% voted for the left coalition and 55.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Riksdag elections

Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
1973 92.0 5,652 3.0 42.8 41.5 5.1 1.8 5.2 45.8 51.8
1976 92.9 6,184 2.6 41.6 38.6 9.0 1.8 6.3 44.1 53.9
1979 90.7 6,325 3.6 43.1 32.3 6.6 2.4 11.6 46.7 50.6
1982 92.1 6,468 3.3 45.3 2.0 27.4 3.8 2.7 15.3 48.6 46.5
1985 90.6 6,464 3.3 45.0 2.1 24.1 11.4 14.0 48.3 49.4
1988 86.1 6,186 4.2 42.9 6.6 22.2 8.9 4.4 10.7 53.7 41.7
1991 86.2 6,452 3.1 38.3 4.7 17.3 5.9 8.9 13.6 6.9 41.4 45.6
1994 87.0 6,529 5.4 45.9 7.5 15.2 4.7 5.1 14.3 1.2 58.8 39.3
1998 81.7 6,078 12.3 35.7 7.3 10.3 2.8 14.3 14.5 55.3 41.9
2002 79.4 5,802 7.3 40.4 4.5 15.1 8.9 10.6 9.9 0.8 52.2 44.5
2006 81.5 6,081 5.7 38.6 4.1 16.3 4.1 7.3 18.2 48.4 45.9
2010 85.8 6,542 5.0 34.9 6.1 12.3 4.1 5.7 23.7 7.3 45.9 45.7
2014 88.1 6,771 5.1 32.7 4.3 11.6 3.1 4.2 18.1 17.3 42.2 37.0
2018 89.3 6,901 6.1 27.4 2.8 13.7 3.8 8.5 14.4 21.8 50.0 48.4
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