Krokom Municipality (, ) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Krokom.
The present municipality was formed in 1974, when the former municipalities of Alsen, Föllinge, Offerdal and Rödön were amalgamated. The number of original local government entities in the area is nine, and amalgamations had also taken place in 1952 and 1969.
Localities There are eleven localities (or urban areas) in Krokom Municipality:Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
# Locality Population 1 Krokom 2,087 2 Ås 1,097 3 Nälden 881 4 Föllinge 509 5 Dvärsätt 437 5 Östersund (part of) 437 7 Änge 387 8 Aspås 352 9 Trångsviken 269 10 Vaplan 259 11 Ytterån 203
The municipal seat is shown in bold
Villages Flykälen Kaxås Rönnöfors
Demographics This is a demographic table based on Krokom Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.
In total there were 11,366 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 54.0% voted for the left coalition and 44.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
Location % % Alsenbygden 1,221 935 53.0 45.7 86 93 7 24,115 30Aspås 1,066 798 45.3 54.1 93 97 3 28,778 38Dvärsätt 1,388 1,004 52.6 46.7 88 96 4 29,239 41Föllinge-Laxsjö 1,543 1,245 50.7 47.5 81 90 10 21,164 22Krokom 1,973 1,487 55.7 43.0 77 83 17 22,033 27Nälden 1,818 1,255 51.0 47.9 86 87 13 25,664 35Offerdalsbygden 2,010 1,574 52.5 46.6 87 92 8 23,444 28Rödöbygden 748 590 57.1 42.0 92 96 4 30,554 54Ås Norra 2,054 1,590 62.0 36.9 88 93 7 30,718 60Ås Södra 1,528 888 58.6 40.9 93 93 7 32,996 61Source: SVT
Sports The following sports clubs are located in Krokom Municipality:
Alsens IF Ås IF
Notable people Ann-Margret (1941–), Swedish-American actress and singer
References
External links
Krokom Municipality - Official site