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Ragunda Municipality

Ragunda kommun
Ragunda old church
Ragunda old church
Coat of arms of Ragunda Municipality
Coat of arms
Ragunda Municipality in Jämtland County.png
Country Sweden
County Jämtland County
Seat Hammarstrand
Area
 • Total 2,649.55 km2 (1,023.00 sq mi)
 • Land 2,526.22 km2 (975.38 sq mi)
 • Water 123.33 km2 (47.62 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 5,594
 • Density 2.11130/km2 (5.4682/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Jämtland
Municipal code 2303
Website www.ragunda.se

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

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:

# Locality Population
1 Hammarstrand 1,061
2 Stugun 627
3 Västra Bispgården 523
4 Östra Bispgården 294

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Ragunda 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 5,204 residents, including 3,983 Swedish citizens of voting age. 55.2% voted for the left coalition and 43.4% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Twin cities

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