Kil Municipality facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kil Municipality Kils kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Värmland County
Seat	Kil
Area
• Total	409.32 km2 (158.04 sq mi)
• Land	360.69 km2 (139.26 sq mi)
• Water	48.63 km2 (18.78 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population  (June 30, 2012)
• Total	11,721
• Density	28.6353/km2 (74.165/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Värmland
Municipal code	1715

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.

Localities

• Fagerås
• Högboda
• Kil (seat)

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Kil 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 12,129 residents, including 9,297 Swedish citizens of voting age. 46.1% voted for the left coalition and 53.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Sister cities

• Laihia, Finland
• Skuodas, Lithuania
• Svinninge, Denmark
• Trysil, Norway