Örnsköldsvik (municipality)

Örnsköldsvik municipality
coat of arms Location in Västernorrland County
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Västernorrlands Lan
Historical Province (landskap):	Ångermanland
Main place:	Örnsköldsvik
SCB code:	2284
Residents :	55,998 (December 31, 2019)
Area :	6,739.1 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density :	8.3 inhabitants / km²
Website :	www.ornskoldsvik.se
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Coordinates: 63 ° 17 '  N , 18 ° 43'  E

Örnsköldsvik is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Västernorrlands län and the historic province of Ångermanland . The main town of the municipality is Örnsköldsvik .

Other localities are Åmynnet , Arnäsvall , Billsta , Bjästa , Björna , Bredbyn , Gideå , Gottne , Husum , Köpmanholmen , Långviksmon , Mellansel , Moliden , Sidensjö , Trehörnigssjö , Västerhus u. a. m. Europastraße 4 runs through the municipality .

geography

Örnsköldsvik stretches about 60 kilometers along the coast and reaches up to 100 kilometers into the hinterland. The coast, with its rugged, wooded mountains in countless bays, slopes steeply to the sea, is called Höga Kusten (High Coast). Höga Kusten was the only steep coast in Sweden to be declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in 2001 . Part of the Höga Kusten , the Skuleskogen , has been a national park since 1984 .

The Moälven flows through the municipality .

history

The municipality has its roots in the town of the same name, Örnsköldsvik . The name of the city is derived from Governor Per Abraham Örnsköld (1762–1769). The city was founded in 1842 as a trading center ( Köping ) and was granted city rights in 1894.

economy

The community is a traditional industrial community. Locations are the main town Örnsköldsvik, Domsjö, Husum, Mellansel and Själevad. Dominant industrial companies are M-real (wood processing and paper industry) and the Hägglund Group (armaments industry) with several industrial plants around which a supplier industry has developed. Hägglunds Drives in Mellansel (now part of the Bosch Rexroth Group ) exports its hydraulic motors all over the world.

Many of the large companies in Örnsköldsvik produce for export and Örnsköldsvik Municipality has a 3.5% share of total Swedish exports.

Attractions

Around Örnsköldsvik there are a few villages with old churches that are well worth seeing. These include Grundsunda with a 13th century church, Bredbyn , Arnäs , Gideå , Köpmanholmen and Själevad . Free-standing wooden bell towers are typical of Norrland churches.

Skuleskogen National Park is located south of Örnsköldsvik . To the west of this is the Skuleberget , to which a cable car leads and from which you have a good view of the Höga Kusten area.

From Köpmanholmen 14 kilometers south of Örnsköldsvik there are boat connections to the islands of Trysunda and Ulvön . There are old fishing villages of the Gävle fishermen . The fishermen's chapels on the islands also date from this time, and the Ulvö gamla chapel is an architectural monument.

Web links

Commons : Örnsköldsvik  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality (Arabic, German, English, French, Swedish)

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1. ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
2. ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)