urban area in Kil Municipality, Sweden
Key facts
- Country
- Sweden
- Province
- Värmland
- County
- Värmland County
- Municipality
- Kil Municipality
- Total
- 6.75 km (2.61 sq mi)
- Density
- 1,161/km (3,010/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Kil ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɕiːl]) is a locality and the seat of Kil Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden, with 7,842 inhabitants in 2010.
It is a railway junction which unites railways from five directions, all but one having passenger services. Swedish world elite high jumper Stefan Holm competed for the Kil AIK athletics club. Per Åslund who plays for the Färjestad BK is from Kil.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.