Krokom Municipality
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municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden
Key facts
- Country
- Sweden
- County
- Jämtland County
- Seat
- Krokom
- Total
- 6,812.75 km (2,630.42 sq mi)
- Land
- 6,155.18 km (2,376.53 sq mi)
- Water
- 657.57 km (253.89 sq mi)
- Density
- 2.5526/km (6.6113/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- SE
- Province
- Jämtland
- Website
- www.krokom.se
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Sweden
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Jämtland County
- Capital
- Krokom
- Official language
- Sámi
- Population
- 15795
- Area
- 658.12
- Shares border with
- Strömsund Municipality
- Employees
- 1675
- Legal form
- municipality of Sweden
- Official website
- www.krokom.se
- Image
- Kommunhuset i Krokom.JPG
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- Commons category
- Krokom Municipality
- topic's main category
- Category:Krokom Municipality
- twinned administrative body
- Jilin City
- inception
- 1974-01-01
- catchphrase
- Vi gör plats för växtkraft
- hashtag
- krokomskommun
- citizens' initiative URL
- krokom.se/kommun-och-demokrati/dialog-och-synpunkter.html
- phone number
- +46-640-16100
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- freedom of information requests URL
- handlingar.se/en/new/krokom_municipality
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Encyclopedic overview
Krokom Municipality (Swedish: Krokoms kommun, Southern Sami: Krokomen tjïelte) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Krokom.
The present municipality was formed in 1974, when the former municipalities of Alsen, Föllinge, Offerdal and Rödön were amalgamated. The number of original local government entities in the area is nine, and amalgamations had also taken place in 1952 and 1969.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Krokom Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.