Malung-Sälen Municipality Explained

Malung-Sälen Municipality
Native Name:Malung-Sälens kommun
Native Name Lang:sv
Settlement Type:Municipality
Coordinates:60.6833°N 57°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Dalarna County
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Malung
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Note:Area as of .
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Blank Name Sec1:Province
Blank Info Sec1:Dalarna
Blank1 Name Sec1:Municipal code
Blank1 Info Sec1:2023
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Iso Code:SE
Website:www.malung.se
Footnotes:Density is calculated using land area only.

Malung-Sälen Municipality (Malung-Sälens kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Malung.

Malung Municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of "old" Malung with the adjacent entities Lima and Transtrand. In 2007 the Government of Sweden[1] decided to approve the present name, which took effect on January 1, 2008. The reason for the double name, the only of its kind in Sweden, is to promote the skiing resort area Sälen in the northern part of the municipality.

Geography

The terrain in the area is largely submontane, with plenty of bog and forest. The Transtrandsfjällen in the north are the southernmost mountains in Sweden, marking the start of the Scandinavian mountain range. Rocks are mostly metamorphic and sedimentary, with occurrences of basalt. Most settlements are located in and around the valley of Västerdalälven river.

Localities

The municipal population was around 13,000 in the 1960s, but has decreased continually since then.

The villages in the municipality, with population figures from 2005,[2] are:

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Malung-Sälen 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 10,210 inhabitants, with 7,983 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 37.6 % voted for the left coalition and 60.7 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location
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Lima1,5301,26923.374.58693724,91823
Malung S1,8801,57646.053.081891122,66627
Malung V1,5551,21236.261.781871324,18827
Malung Ö2,1841,55844.853.077732721,72526
Malungsfors58046637.359.88591924,30423
Transtrand2,0301,54333.465.686881228,25029
Yttermalung45135943.455.975871322,36931
Source: SVT

Riksdag elections

Year%VotesVSMPCLKDMSDNyDLeftRight
1973[4] 91.68,1013.747.031.98.51.47.750.448.0
1976[5] 92.78,4543.246.332.58.41.18.349.549.3
1979[6] 91.48,3344.347.727.17.31.112.252.046.6
1982[7] 91.78,3073.849.91.423.25.11.015.553.643.7
1985[8] 90.58,2723.647.91.618.411.716.751.546.8
1988[9] 86.17,7623.747.64.418.310.81.513.655.642.7
1991[10] 87.57,8193.341.62.214.48.25.117.17.444.844.7
1994[11] 86.27,5275.949.93.712.36.52.517.70.759.539.1
1998[12] 82.36,94315.039.52.77.44.19.720.657.241.8
2002[13] 79.26,4849.542.72.611.310.06.614.50.654.942.4
2006[14] 80.86,5277.937.82.411.86.33.726.42.148.048.2
2010[15] 82.86,6726.736.53.08.25.82.630.05.746.246.6
2014[16] 85.36.6744.736.22.78.63.72.422.617.343.637.2
2018[17] 87.06,7566.129.01.79.33.25.919.024.646.152.6
2022[18] 86.46,7864.126.21.95.43.36.518.932.137.660.7

Education

Malung has a folk high school, specialised in folk music and folk dance. One notable former music student is Emma Härdelin.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/8114/a/77817;jsessionid=ayUpz34ONzhb Government Press Release (Swedish), 1 March 2007
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 2007-01-20 . 2007-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070221111015/http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01/MI0810_2005A01_SM_MI38SM0601.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: Valresultat 2022 för Malung-Sälen i riksdagsvalet. SVT. sv. 11 September 2022. 30 December 2023.
  4. Web site: Allmänna valen 1973. sv. SCB.
  5. Web site: Allmänna valen 1976. sv. SCB.
  6. Web site: Allmänna valen 1979. sv. SCB.
  7. Web site: Allmänna valen 1982. sv. SCB.
  8. Web site: Allmänna valen 1985. sv. SCB.
  9. Web site: Allmänna valen 1988. sv. SCB.
  10. Web site: Allmänna valen 1991. sv. SCB.
  11. Web site: Allmänna valen 1994. sv. SCB.
  12. Web site: Allmänna valen 1998. sv. SCB.
  13. Web site: Malung - summering. sv. Valmyndigheten.
  14. Web site: Malung - Allmänna val 17 september 2006. sv. Valmyndigheten.
  15. Web site: Malung-Sälen - Röster Val 2010. sv. Valmyndigheten.
  16. Web site: Malung-Sälen - Röster Val 2014. sv. Valmyndigheten.
  17. Web site: Malung-Sälen - Röster Val 2018. sv. Valmyndigheten.
  18. Web site: Malung-Sälen - Röster Val 2022. sv. Valmyndigheten.