Kil
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| State : | Sweden | |||||
| Province (län): | Värmland County | |||||
| Historical Province (landskap): | Varmland | |||||
| Municipality : | Kil | |||||
| Coordinates : | 59 ° 30 ′ N , 13 ° 19 ′ E | |||||
| SCB code : | 5708 | |||||
| Status: | Crime scene | |||||
| Residents : | 7627 (December 31, 2015) | |||||
| Area : | 7.85 km² | |||||
| Population density : | 972 inhabitants / km² | |||||
| List of perpetrators in Värmland County | ||||||
Kil is a place ( Tatort ) in the Swedish province of Värmlands län and the historical province of Värmland . It is also the capital of the municipality of the same name . The name is first recorded as Chill in 1315 and refers to the former parish , which has been called Stora Kil since 1885 . However, only the name Kil was later adopted for the place.
The place is an important railway junction , as the Värmlandsbana , formerly known as Nordvästra stambanan , crosses the Kil-Torsby railway line as well as the Bergslagsbana and the Vänerbana .
The burial ground of Runnevåls (RAÄ-Nr. Stora Kil 1: 1) is in the north of Kil.
Personalities
- Anders Nilsson (* 1963), director, screenwriter and film producer
- Markus Larsson (* 1979), ski racer
- Per Åslund (* 1986), ice hockey player
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)
- ↑ Svenskt local dictionary . Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet (SOFI), Uppsala, 2003. p. 296. ISBN 91-7229-020-X
Places in the municipality of Kil