Torsby Municipality Torsby kommun | |
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Kintra | Swaden |
Coonty | Värmland Coonty |
Seat | Torsby |
Area | |
• Total | 4357.44 km2 (1,682.42 sq mi) |
• Laund | 4162.19 km2 (1,607.03 sq mi) |
• Water | 195.25 km2 (75.39 sq mi) |
Aurie as o Januar 1, 2014. | |
Population (31 December 2021)[2] | |
• Total | 11,472 |
• Density | 2.6/km2 (6.8/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | SE |
Province | Värmland |
Municipal code | 1737 |
Website | www.torsby.se |
Torsby Municipality (Torsby kommun) is a municipality in Värmland Coonty in wast central Swaden, borderin Norawa. Its seat is locatit in the toun o Torsby.
The name Torsby means Thor's veelage.
The present municipality consists o aicht oreeginal local govrenment entities (as o 1863): Dalby, Fryksände, Lekvattnet, Norra Finnskoga, Norra Ny, Nyskoga, Södra Finnskoga, Vitsand an Östmark. In 1952 they wur groupit intae fower lairger units an in 1974 they wur aw unitit.
There are lots of Finnish heritage in Torsby Municipality.
Torsby is the end station on the Fryksdal branchline frae Karlstad via Kil. There is a sma airport wi scheduled flichts tae Stockholm, whilst the nearest internaitional airport is Gardermoen in Norawa. The 1,690 km lang road, E45, passes through the municipality.
Sven-Göran Eriksson an Marcus Berg hae their ruits in Torsby.
The municipality haes a nummer o skiin centres for baith alpine skiin (Hovfjället an Branäs) an cross-kintra skiin (Mattila an Långberget). A cross-kintra ski tunnel, which is the warld's langest an aw, opened on 16 Juin 2006.
Stjerneskolan, a senior heich schuil, specializes in cross-kintra skiin an biathlon. The maist famous umwhile pupil is Gunde Svan. Carl Johan Bergman, who wis born in Ekshärad, studiet thare for a year an aw.
Distribution o the 31 seats in the municipal cooncil efter the 2010 election:
Results o the Swadish general election, 2010 in Torsby:
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