Sorsele Municipality Sorsele kommun | |
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| Coordinates:65°32′N17°32′E / 65.533°N 17.533°E /65.533; 17.533 | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Västerbotten County |
| Seat | Sorsele |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,957.64 km2 (3,072.46 sq mi) |
| • Land | 7,368.44 km2 (2,844.97 sq mi) |
| • Water | 589.2 km2 (227.5 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 2,354 |
| • Density | 0.3195/km2 (0.8274/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Lapland |
| Municipal code | 2422 |
| Website | www.sorsele.se |
Sorsele Municipality (Swedish:Sorsele kommun,Ume Sami:Suorsán kommuvdna;Southern Sami:Suarsan tjïelte) is amunicipality inVästerbotten County in northernSweden. Itsseat is located inSorsele.
Sorsele Municipality covers an area of 8,012 km2. It is the eleventh largest municipality by size, but has one of the smallest populations.
The municipality has not been affected by the two local government reforms of the 20th century, but has had its large size since the municipal system was implemented in 1863.
The name appears to stem from theSami wordsourge, which means branch, andsel, which is of Swedish origin and refers to a kind ofstream. This refers to the protectedVindel River (Swedish:Vindelälven), which flows through the town and municipality of Sorsele.
Geography wise, around half of the municipal area is part of theVindelfjällens Nature Reserve.
There is only onelocality (or urban area) in Sorsele Municipality:[3]
| # | Locality | Population |
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| 1 | Sorsele | 1,288 |
This is a demographic table based on Sorsele Municipality's electoral districts in the2022 Swedish general election sourced fromSVT's election platform, in turn taken fromSCB official statistics.[4]
In total there were 2,461 residents, including 1,843 Swedish citizens of voting age.[4] 56.6% voted for the left coalition and 42.4% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults | Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents | Foreign heritage | Income SEK | Degree |
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| Gargnäs | 420 | 311 | 55.2 | 43.8 | 78 | 78 | 22 | 19,821 | 30 |
| Sorsele | 2,041 | 1,532 | 56.5 | 42.6 | 86 | 88 | 12 | 22,985 | 26 |
| Source:SVT[4] | |||||||||
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