Malung-Sälen Municipality

Malung-Sälens kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 60°41′N 13°44′E
Country	Sweden
County	Dalarna County
Seat	Malung
Area [1]
• Total	4,339.31 km^2 (1,675.42 sq mi)
• Land	4,105.77 km^2 (1,585.25 sq mi)
• Water	233.54 km^2 (90.17 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population  (31 December 2019)[2]
• Total	10,138
• Density	2.3/km^2 (6.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Dalarna
Municipal code	2023
Website	www.malung.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Malung-Sälen Municipality (Swedish: Malung-Sälens kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. The seat is in Malung.

The municipality was created in 1971. It was originally called Malung Municipality (Swedish: Malungs kommun). In 2007, the Government of Sweden decided to change the name as of 1 January 2008 to promote the ski resort of Sälen.^[3]

References

1. "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
2. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
3. Government Press Release, 1 March 2007 Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)

Other websites

• Malung-Sälen Municipality