Jämtland County

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Jämtland County
Coat of arms of Jämtland County
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Basic data
Historical provinces ( landskap ) : Jämtland , Härjedalen
( Ångermanland , Dalarna , Hälsingland , Lapland )
Residence town (residensstad) : Ostersund
Administrative structure: 8 municipalities
District President ( landshövding ) : Jöran Hägglund
Letter (länsbokstav) : Z
SCB code: 23
Residents : 130,810 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 53,752.8 km²
Population density : 2.4 inhabitants / km²
Establishment (year): 1810
Website: www.z.lst.se

Coordinates: 63 ° 17 ′  N , 14 ° 14 ′  E Jämtlands län is a province ( län ) in Sweden .

geography

Jämtlands län completely comprises the historical provinces (landskap) Jämtland and Härjedalen , parts of Hälsingland (around Ytterhogdal ) and Ångermanland (around Backe , Hoting and Rossön ) as well as small areas of Dalarna and Lapland .

The territory of Jämtlands län makes up about 12% of the area of ​​the Swedish national territory.

mountains

  • Helagsfjället (1,796 m)
  • Templet, Storsola 1 (1,728 m)
  • Lillsylen 1 (1,704 m)
  • Åreskutan (1,420 m)
  • Anåfjället (1,332 m)
  • Sielkentjakke (1,315 m)
  • Sonfjället (1,277 m)
  • Munsfjället (1,188 m)
  • Ansatten (1,091 m)

1 Part of the Sylar massif, the highest peak of which is 1,762 m in Norway .

Lakes

climate

  • Mean temperature in January: −9.0 ° C
  • Average temperature in July: 13.9 ° C
  • Average annual temperature: 2.6 ° C
  • Average annual precipitation: 563 mm

population

It accounts for 1.4% of the total population of Sweden. With ~ 2 inhabitants per km² (exactly: 2.34), Jämtlands län has the lowest population density in Sweden, just ahead of Norrbotten's län (2.37).

Parishes and places

Communities

Municipalities in Jämtsland län

Jämtlands län consists of eight municipalities (Swedish: kommuner ).

local community Residents
Are 11,727
mountain 07,061
Bräcke 06,298
Harjedalen 10,090
Krokom 14,966
Ostersund 63,779
Ragunda 05,284
Strömsund 11.605

(As of December 31, 2019)

Biggest places

(As of December 31, 2010)

coat of arms

The coat of arms is divided into blue and silver; Above is a silver elk with a golden bird soaring on its rump and a golden polecat leaping from the front and below are black pliers in the center right, a black forging die with a red core and on the left two red-handled black machinist's hammers with their heads against each other and arranged in stakes.

Symbol: The coat of arms of Jämtland County is a combination of the coat of arms of the Jämtland region (elk) and, for Härjedalen, pliers, blacksmith's hammer and two hammers

traffic

The European route 14 from Sundsvall to Trondheim in east-west direction and the European route 45 from Agrigento to Karesuando in north-south direction cross in the middle of Jämtland County in Östersund .

There are direct train connections to Stockholm , Gothenburg , Malmö , Sundsvall and Trondheim .

The inland railway from Gällivare to Mora runs north to south through Jämtland County. The route is not continuous, but requires a change in Östersund . The northern section of the railway ends and the southern section begins there. Jämtlands län has two commercial airports with scheduled flights. There are direct connections from Östersund to Stockholm / Arlanda , Umeå and Luleå . There are seasonal direct charter connections to southern Europe and the Canary Islands . In the winter months there is charter traffic from Great Britain , Germany and Russia . There are also direct flights to Stockholm / Arlanda from Sveg in the municipality of Härjedalen .

Tourist routes

The Wilderness Road , Vildmarksvägen , Inland Road , Inlandsvägen and a number of other roads have been designated as particularly worth seeing for tourists (see also the list of tourist routes in Sweden ).

Web links

Commons : Jämtlands län  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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