Rättvik (municipality)
Rättvik municipality | |||||
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State : | Sweden | ||||
Province (län): | Dalarna County | ||||
Historical Province (landskap): | Dalarna | ||||
Main place: | Rättvik | ||||
SCB code: | 2031 | ||||
Residents : | 10,950 (December 31, 2019) | ||||
Area : | 2,137.8 km² (January 1, 2016) | ||||
Population density : | 5.1 inhabitants / km² | ||||
Website : | www.rattvik.se | ||||
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Coordinates: 60 ° 53 ' N , 15 ° 7' O Rättvik is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province Dalarna and the historical province Dalarna . The main town of the municipality is Rättvik .
geography
The municipality of Rättvik extends inland from Dalarna from Lake Siljan about 80 kilometers (as the crow flies) to the north.
20 kilometers north of Rättvik is the Styggforsen waterfall, which is 35 meters high. He was one of the locations in Ingmar Bergman's film Jungfrukällan (Eng. The source of the virgin ). At Furudal, 40 km north of Rättvik, there are two open-air museums , Norrboda gammelstad , two completely preserved farms with a total of 30 buildings from the 17th century, and Ärteråsens fäbodar , Swedish dairy huts from the 18th century.
About 8 km north of Rättvik along the Siliansee you will find the so-called " Dalhalla ", a disused limestone quarry that is used as an open-air stage in summer . Concerts (e.g. "Rhapsody in Rock") are a crowd puller in Sweden and sell out months in advance.
economy
The community is located in a traditional agricultural and forestry area. In the industrial sector, the woodworking industry dominates, the largest of which is located in Furudal. Today tourism is an important industry for the entire region.
politics
The election to the municipal parliament on September 17, 2006 resulted in the following result. The results from 2002 in brackets.
Political party | be right | percent | Mandates |
Moderate samling party | 809 (551) | 12.07 (8.49) | 5 (3) |
Centerpartiet | 2234 (1820) | 33.34 (28.04) | 13 (11) |
Folkpartiet liberalerna | 588 (786) | 8.77 (12.11) | 4 (5) |
Kristdemokraterna | 219 (299) | 3.27 (4.61) | 1 (2) |
Socialdemokraterna | 2236 (2342) | 33.37 (36.08) | 13 (14) |
Vänsterpartiet | 187 (321) | 2.79 (4.95) | 1 (2) |
Miljöpartiet de gröna | 187 (200) | 2.79 (3.08) | 1 (1) |
SPI - Sveriges Pensioners Interest Parti | 135 (145) | 2.01 (2.23) | 1 (1) |
Other | 106 (27) | 1.58 (0.42) | 0 (0) |
places
The following places are localities ( tatorter ):
sons and daughters of the town
- Åke Senning (1915–2000), physician, cardiac surgeon, co-developer of the first implantable cardiac pacemaker .
Web links
- Official website (Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
- ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)
- ↑ http://www.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/xml/slutresultat_00K.xml