Sunne Municipality

Sunne Municipality Sunne kommun
Municipality
Sunne church in Värmland, Sweden
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°50′N 13°08′E
Country	Sweden
County	Värmland County
Seat	Sunne
Area [1]
• Total	1,448.25 km^2 (559.17 sq mi)
• Land	1,288.11 km^2 (497.34 sq mi)
• Water	160.14 km^2 (61.83 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)[2]
• Total	13,366
• Density	9.2/km^2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Värmland
Municipal code	1766
Website	www.sunne.se

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

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the market town (köping) Sunne (instituted in 1920) was amalgamated with Gräsmark and Lysvik.

Localities

• Lysvik
• Mårbacka
• Rottneros
• Sunne (seat)
• Uddheden
• Västra Ämtervik

Karlstad, which has an international airport, is the nearest large city.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Sunne 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 13,352 inhabitants, with 10,393 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 44.0% voted for the left coalition and 54.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location	Residents	Citizen adults	Left vote	Right vote	Employed	Swedish parents	Foreign heritage	Income SEK	Degree
			%	%
Brobyäng	1,326	1,023	48.2	51.3	77	85	15	20,908	29
Gräsmark	1,209	923	47.0	51.3	79	88	12	22,211	29
Klockaregården	1,681	1,253	44.1	54.4	71	84	16	23,102	28
Leran	1,607	1,291	45.8	53.0	78	83	17	23,726	32
Lysvik	1,285	990	49.6	49.8	84	91	9	23,979	34
Rottneros	805	648	39.0	60.2	82	89	11	26,517	29
Stöpafors	748	578	40.3	59.1	83	95	5	23,606	25
Södra Borgeby	1,525	1,189	39.5	59.2	84	91	9	25,945	32
Västra Ämtervik	1,024	787	45.5	53.2	84	92	8	25,484	36
Åmberg	1,337	1,055	42.8	57.1	80	92	8	25,168	32
Östra Ämtervik	805	656	42.0	56.5	84	92	8	24,212	39
Source: SVT[3]

References

1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
2. "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
3. "Valresultat 2022 för Sunne i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

External links

• Media related to Sunne Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• Brobytornet - Project site