Åre Municipality

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Åre Municipality
Åre kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Åre Municipality
Coat of arms
Åre Municipality in Jämtland County.png
Country Sweden
County Jämtland County
Seat Järpen
Area[1]
 • Total 8,236.54 km2 (3,180.15 sq mi)
 • Land 7,199.45 km2 (2,779.72 sq mi)
 • Water 1,037.09 km2 (400.42 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (March 31, 2016)[2]
 • Total 10,763
 • Density 1.3/km2 (3.4/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Jämtland
Municipal code 2321
Website www.are.se

Åre Municipality (Swedish: Åre kommun) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Järpen.

The present municipality was formed in 1974 through the amalgamation of "old" Åre Municipality with the surrounding municipalities Hallen, Kall, Mörsil and Undersåker. The largest village, Järpen, situated in Undersåker, was chosen as the seat of the new entity.

Localities

There are six localities (or urban areas) in Åre Municipality:[3]

# Locality Population
1 Järpen 1,439
2 Åre 1,260
3 Mörsil 674
4 Duved 637
5 Undersåker 384
6 Hallen 223

The municipal seat in bold

Gallery

Notable People

  • Henrik Lundqvist- goalie for the New York Rangers (NHL), former goalie for the Frolunda Indians (SHL), gold medalist in 2006. Born in Åre, twins with Joel Lundqvist.
  • Joel Lundqvist- center for the Frolunda Indians (SHL), former center for the Dallas Stars (NHL), 2 time world champion. Born in Åre, twins with Henrik Lundqvist.

See also

References

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  3. Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for [[Wikivoyage:Åre#Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 863: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|Åre]].

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