Krokom Municipality

Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden

Krokom Municipality Krokoms kommun
Municipality
Krokom town hall
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 63°19′N 14°30′E / 63.317°N 14.500°E / 63.317; 14.500
Country	Sweden
County	Jämtland County
Seat	Krokom
Area ^[1]
• Total	6,812.75 km² (2,630.42 sq mi)
• Land	6,155.18 km² (2,376.53 sq mi)
• Water	657.57 km² (253.89 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	15,595
• Density	2.3/km² (5.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Jämtland
Municipal code	2309
Website	www.krokom.se

Krokom Municipality (Swedish: Krokoms kommun, Southern Sami: Krokomen tjïelte) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Krokom.

The present municipality was formed in 1974, when the former municipalities of Alsen, Föllinge, Offerdal and Rödön were amalgamated. The number of original local government entities in the area is nine, and amalgamations had also taken place in 1952 and 1969.

Localities

There are eleven localities (or urban areas) in Krokom Municipality:^[3]

#	Locality	Population
1	Krokom	2,087
2	Ås	1,097
3	Nälden	881
4	Föllinge	509
5	Dvärsätt	437
5	Östersund (part of)	437
7	Änge	387
8	Aspås	352
9	Trångsviken	269
10	Vaplan	259
11	Ytterån	203

The municipal seat is shown in bold

Villages

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Krokom Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[4]

In total there were 11,366 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.^[4] 54.0% voted for the left coalition and 44.8% 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

Alsenbygden

1,221

935

53.0

45.7

24,115

Aspås

1,066

798

45.3

54.1

28,778

Dvärsätt

1,388

1,004

52.6

46.7

29,239

Föllinge-Laxsjö

1,543

1,245

50.7

47.5

21,164

Krokom

1,973

1,487

55.7

43.0

22,033

Nälden

1,818

1,255

51.0

47.9

25,664

Offerdalsbygden

2,010

1,574

52.5

46.6

23,444

Rödöbygden

748

590

57.1

42.0

30,554

Ås Norra

2,054

1,590

62.0

36.9

30,718

Ås Södra

1,528

888

58.6

40.9

32,996

Source: SVT^[4]

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Krokom Municipality:

References

^ "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.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Krokom i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2023.