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Åre Municipality
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Key facts
- Country
- Sweden
- County
- Jämtland County
- Seat
- Järpen
- Total
- 8,236.54 km (3,180.15 sq mi)
- Land
- 7,199.45 km (2,779.72 sq mi)
- Water
- 1,037.09 km (400.42 sq mi)
- Density
- 1.753/km (4.540/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- SE
- Province
- Jämtland
- Website
- www.are.se
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Åre Municipality (Swedish: Åre kommun, Southern Sami: Ååren tjïelte) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Järpen.
The present municipality was formed in 1974 through the amalgamation of "old" Åre Municipality with the surrounding municipalities Hallen, Kall, Mörsil and Undersåker. The largest village, Järpen, situated in Undersåker, was chosen as the seat of the new entity.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Åre Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.