Jämtland County

Jämtland
Jämtlands län (Jämtland's county)

County of Sweden

Coat of arms

Country

Sweden

Founded

1810

Capital

Östersund

Government

• Governor

Jöran Hägglund

• Council

Jämtlands Läns Landsting

Area

• Total

49,341.2 km² (19,050.7 sq mi)

Population (March 31 2011)^[1]

• Total

126,573

• Density

2.6/km² (6.6/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

ISO 3166 code

SE-Z

GDP/ Nominal

SEK 27,628 million (2004)

GDP per capita

SEK 215,000

NUTS Region

SE322

Website

.se.lst.zwww

Jämtland County (Jämtlands län) is a Västernorrland, and Västerbotten. It also shares a border with the Norwegian counties of Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag.

The county was established in 1810 and its foundation has both domestic and foreign causes. Upon formation it only consisted of the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, which is why the coat of arms is a shield parted per fess with their provincial arms.

Province 1
Administration 2
Demography 3
Politics 4
Governors 5
Municipalities 6
Localities by population (2010) 7
Heraldry 8
References and notes 9
See also 10
External links 11

Province

For History, Geography and Culture see: Jämtland and Härjedalen

Jämtland County consists of primarily the provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen, though minor parts of Hälsingland and Ångermanland are also included, along with small uninhabited areas in Lapland and Dalarna.

Administration

The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfil the goals set in national politics by the Riksdag and the Government, to coordinate the interests and promote the development of the county, to establish regional goals and safeguard the due process of law in the handling of each case. The County Administrative Board is a Government Agency headed by a Governor. See List of Jämtland Governors.

Demography

Jämtland County is sparsely populated and more than one third of the population live on the countryside, making Jämtland County the second largest rural region in Sweden, after Gotland County, though a majority of the population live in the rather densely populated region surrounding lake Storsjön, commonly called Storsjöbygden, "the Storsjö district/countryside".

Politics

The county is dominated by the bourgeois") majorities or by coalitions overstepping the bloc border, the county council is red-green and the Social Democrats receive three out of five mandates to the Riksdag.

After the Swedish general election in 2014, the Jämtland County council are represented by the following political parties:

Moderate Party			Christian Democrats			Centre Party			Liberal People's Party			Green Party			Social Democratic Party			Left Party			Sweden Democrats			others
Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
16 258	20,0	11	2 725	3,3	2	11 093	13,6	8	3 007	3,7	2	4 998	6,1	3	31 430	38,6	21	6 231	7,7	4	5 451	6,7	4	292	0,4	0

The County Council of Jämtland or Jämtlands Läns Landsting.

Governors

Municipalities

Localities by population (2010)

Pos	Locality	Population
1	Östersund	44,327
2	Brunflo	3,890
3	Strömsund	3,589
4	Sveg	2,547
5	Krokom	2,277
6	Bräcke	1,651
7	Åre	1,417
8	Järpen	1,408
9	Ås	1,218
10	Hammarstrand	1,052
11	Lit	1,040
12	Svenstavik	1,004

^[2]

Heraldry

The arms for the County of Jämtland is a combination of the arms of Jämtland, and Härjedalen. When it is shown with a royal crown it represents the County Administrative Board. Blazon: "Parted per fess, the arms of Jämtland and the arms of Härjedalen."

References and notes

^ "Kvartal 1 2011".
^ http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01Z/05_Tatorter2010_befolkning_1960_2010.xls

External links

Jämtland County Administrative Board
Jämtland County Council
Jämtlands Official Site
Hammarstrands camping

Counties (län) of Sweden

Blekinge Dalarna Gävleborg Gotland Halland Jämtland Jönköping Kalmar Kronoberg Norrbotten Örebro Östergötland Scania (Skåne) Södermanland Stockholm Uppsala Värmland Västerbotten Västernorrland Västmanland Västra Götaland

Municipalities and seats of Jämtland County

Municipalities	Åre Berg Bräcke Härjedalen Krokom Östersund Ragunda Strömsund

Municipal seats	Bräcke Hammarstrand Järpen Krokom Östersund Strömsund Sveg Svenstavik

Counties of Sweden Sweden

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