Härjedalen Municipality
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| Härjedalen and Sveg Map outlining municipalities of Sweden | Coat of arms | |
| Municipal facts | ||
| Seat | Härjedalen | |
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| County | Jämtland County | |
| Province | Härjedalen | |
| Area Rank | List_of_municipalities_of_Sweden_by_area>5th of 290 | |
| Population Rank (2005) | List_of_municipalities_of_Sweden_by_population>198th of 290 | |
| Density | 1/km² | |
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Härjedalen is a Municipality in north eastern Sweden. The seat is in Sveg with 2,500 inhabitants, situated at .
Geography
Geographically, the municipality corresponds to the old Swedish province Härjedalen, although it incorporates some additional land to the east. With a total area of 15,825 km², it is Sweden's fifth largest. However, its nature is largely wilderness, and the municipality is scarsely inhabited.For comparisment, the municipality is as large as Uppsala County and Stockholm County combined, but those two counties have over 2,000,000 inhabitants.
Demography
The population has been in decline in the last decades. The birth rate is negative, and so is the in and out move quota.
- Year Population Birth/Death rate
- 1994 12,199 -56
- 1995 12,109 -68
- 1996 11,961 -95
- 1997 11,790 -91
- 1998 11,723 -105
- 1999 11,594 -87
- 2000 11,415 -68
- 2001 11,327 -84
- 2002 11,289 -56
- 2003 11,065 -80
- 2004 10,951 -103
References
- Statistics Sweden, for January 1, 2005.
Notable natives
- Henning Mankell, the author, is from Sveg.
External links
- [Härjedalen] - Official site
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