Kil Municipality Explained

Kil Municipality
Native Name:Kils kommun
Native Name Lang:sv
Settlement Type:Municipality
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Värmland County
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Kil
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Note:Area as of .
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Iso Code:SE
Blank Name Sec1:Province
Blank Info Sec1:Värmland
Blank1 Name Sec1:Municipal code
Blank1 Info Sec1:1715

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

The local government reform of 1971 amalgamated Stora Kil, Järnskog and a part of Brunskog, thus forming Kil Municipality.

Kil means wedge, crack or similar in Swedish, in this case referring to a bay (old Swedish). The name is at least from the fifteenth century, referring to a bay by the small lake Hyn, where the church was constructed. The town later became the seat of the juridical Kil Hundred, which is known to have existed in 1426. The wedge is noted in the coat of arms.

The town is notable as the location of Sweden's first railroad in 1849.

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Kil Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[1]

In total there were 12,129 residents, including 9,297 Swedish citizens of voting age.[1] 46.1% voted for the left coalition and 53.2% for the right coalition.Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location
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Boda81565244.254.57794624,56837
Dalliden2,1541,79051.247.88091923,32035
Fagerås86164336.062.78093724,40332
Frykerud83967143.355.98995527,75737
Sannerud2,3811,70549.949.372792120,87130
Stenåsen2,2211,70246.453.28493727,99438
Tolita87065339.959.88395526,10635
Vikstad1,9881,48144.854.98894629,05447
Source: SVT

Sister cities

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Valresultat 2022 för Kil i riksdagsvalet. SVT. sv. 11 September 2022. 18 January 2024.