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Sunne Municipality

Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden

Sunne Municipality Sunne kommun
Municipality
Sunne church in Värmland, Sweden
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 59°50′N 13°08′E / 59.833°N 13.133°E / 59.833; 13.133
Country	Sweden
County	Värmland County
Seat	Sunne
Area ^[1]
• Total	1,448.25 km² (559.17 sq mi)
• Land	1,288.11 km² (497.34 sq mi)
• Water	160.14 km² (61.83 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	13,366
• Density	9.2/km² (24/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Värmland
Municipal code	1766
Website	www.sunne.se

Sunne Municipality (Swedish: Sunne kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Sunne.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the market town (köping) Sunne (instituted in 1920) was amalgamated with Gräsmark and Lysvik.

Localities

Karlstad, which has an international airport, is the nearest large city.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Sunne Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 13,352 inhabitants, with 10,393 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 44.0% voted for the left coalition and 54.8% 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

Brobyäng

1,326

1,023

48.2

51.3

20,908

Gräsmark

1,209

923

47.0

51.3

22,211

Klockaregården

1,681

1,253

44.1

54.4

23,102

Leran

1,607

1,291

45.8

53.0

23,726

Lysvik

1,285

990

49.6

49.8

23,979

Rottneros

805

648

39.0

60.2

26,517

Stöpafors

748

578

40.3

59.1

23,606

Södra Borgeby

1,525

1,189

39.5

59.2

25,945

Västra Ämtervik

1,024

787

45.5

53.2

25,484

Åmberg

1,337

1,055

42.8

57.1

25,168

Östra Ämtervik

805

656

42.0

56.5

24,212

Source: SVT^[3]

References

^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Sunne i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.