Ragunda Municipality Ragunda kommun | |
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 Ragunda old church | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates:63°06′N16°21′E / 63.100°N 16.350°E /63.100; 16.350 | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Jämtland County |
| Seat | Hammarstrand |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,633.11 km2 (1,016.65 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,511.14 km2 (969.56 sq mi) |
| • Water | 121.97 km2 (47.09 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 5,139 |
| • Density | 2.046/km2 (5.300/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])[3] is amunicipality inJämtland County in northernSweden. Itsseat is inHammarstrand.
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 theKing Chulalongkorn Memorial Building, which is by the village Utanede. Designed as aThai royalpavilion, the only one of its kind outside Thailand, it was raised in 1997 in commemoration of KingChulalongkorn's visit there a century earlier.
Döda fallet (The dead waterfall) is an extinctwhitewaterrapid in anature reserve and one of the major tourist attractions of the municipality.
There are fourlocalities (or urban areas) in Ragunda Municipality:[4]
| # | Locality | Population |
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| 1 | Hammarstrand | 1,061 |
| 2 | Stugun | 627 |
| 3 | Västra Bispgården | 523 |
| 4 | Östra Bispgården | 294 |
The municipal seat inbold
This is a demographic table based on Ragunda Municipality's electoral districts in the2022 Swedish general election sourced fromSVT's election platform, in turn taken fromSCB official statistics.[5]
In total there were 5,204 residents, including 3,983 Swedish citizens of voting age.[5] 55.2% voted for the left coalition and 43.4% 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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| % | % | ||||||||
| Döviken | 773 | 608 | 55.3 | 42.7 | 83 | 91 | 9 | 22,141 | 21 |
| Fors | 1,170 | 885 | 49.6 | 48.5 | 79 | 83 | 17 | 20,266 | 19 |
| Hammaren | 1,930 | 1,455 | 58.0 | 41.2 | 81 | 83 | 17 | 22,337 | 22 |
| Stugubyn | 1,331 | 1,035 | 57.4 | 41.2 | 87 | 93 | 7 | 23,599 | 26 |
| Source:SVT[5] | |||||||||
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