Stensele Explained

Official Name:Stensele
Pushpin Map:Sweden Västerbotten#Sweden
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Storuman Municipality
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Västerbotten County
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Lapland
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.25
Population As Of:31 December 2010
Population Total:546
Population Density Km2:437
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:65.0664°N 17.1558°W

Stensele (in Swedish pronounced as /ˈstěːnsɛlɛ/)[2] is a locality situated in Storuman Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 546 inhabitants in 2010. It lies not far from the municipal seat of Storuman itself. The town boasts Sweden's largest wooden church.

History

Stensele is a parish village within the Stensele parish district and was included in the Stensele rural municipality following the municipal reform of 1862. A municipal community for the locality, Stensele municipal community, was established on April 30, 1937, and was dissolved at the end of 1964. Since 1971, the locality has been part of the Storuman municipality.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 . 14 December 2011 . . Swedish . https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls . 27 January 2012 . live . 10 January 2012 .
  2. Book: Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter. Jöran Sahlgren. Gösta Bergman. sv. 1979. 22.
  3. Book: Andersson, Per . Sveriges kommunindelning 1863-1993 . 1993 . 978-91-87784-05-7.