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.
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]