Säffle Municipality () is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Säffle.
Säffle was the last local government unit in Sweden to get the title of a city, in 1951. In 1952 the system with different types of municipalities was made obsolete, but it formally existed until 1971. The present municipality was created in that year, when the city was amalgamated with the surrounding rural municipalities.
The municipality covers a peninsula in Lake Vänern (Värmlandsnäs), and has a large fresh water archipelago.
Värmlandsnäs Värmlandsnäs, also called Näset, is a big and important part of the municipality. The area which reaches out into the middle of Lake Vänern as a big peninsula is very significant to the economy by the produce of pork. The area supplies more than 200,000 people with pork.
Näset also has an archipelago on the east side. The boat people talk very well of Millesvik Archipelago (Millesviks skärgård), which also has a lot of old runestones and other ancient monuments.
From Ekenäs harbor you can take the tourist boat to Lurö, a small island in Lake Vänern. At Lurö you can dine and stay over night.
Lake Vänern, accessible from Värmlandsnäs, is locally popular for recreation during the summer. Ekenäs is centrally located, providing access to Lurö and other local points. Other bathing places include Ekôrn and Örud near Örö harbor (Örö hamn).
Localities Säffle, pop. 9,500 (seat) Värmlandsbro, 630 Svanskog, ca 600 Nysäter, ca 200 Hulta
Demographics This is a demographic table based on Säffle Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.
In total there were 15,390 residents, including 11,665 Swedish citizens of voting age. 42.7% voted for the left coalition and 56.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
Location % % Annelund 2,212 1,730 40.6 59.1 81 88 12 25,029 24Höglunda 2,198 1,515 48.3 49.9 67 72 28 20,926 29Nysäter 1,329 1,063 37.4 61.7 80 91 9 21,575 30Svaneholm 991 760 38.2 61.3 80 91 9 21,198 22Tegnér 2,297 1,697 45.0 54.2 77 84 16 24,712 35Tingvalla 2,513 1,969 44.6 54.1 74 82 18 21,577 27Trätälja 1,620 1,167 52.1 46.1 58 66 34 18,040 23Värmlandsnäs N 1,233 977 37.4 61.3 79 93 7 22,873 22Värmlandsnäs S 997 787 32.9 66.4 84 92 8 24,231 30Source: SVT
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities Säffle Municipality is twinned with: Hol, Norway Tørring, Denmark Mäntyharju, Finland Antsla, Estonia
References
External links
Säffle Municipality - Official site
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