Timrå Municipality () is a municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. The town of Timrå is the municipal seat.
The rural municipality Timrå was made a market town (köping) in 1947. The present municipality was created in 1971 when Timrå was amalgamated with Hässjö.
Geography
Timrå is located in a terrain of forest and hills. Traditionally the industry has been dominated by forestry. The timber was transported through the rivers and streams to their destination, most often to sawmills. In tribute to this, the city arms depicts trees and water.
Localities Bergeforsen Stavreviken Söråker Sörberge Timrå (seat)
Demographics This is a demographic table based on Timrå 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 17,904 residents, including 13,943 Swedish citizens of voting age. 53.2% voted for the left coalition and 45.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
Location % % Ala 1,125 887 46.5 52.1 84 94 6 27,082 31Bergeforsen 1,891 1,435 47.4 52.2 86 94 6 28,674 33Böle 1,973 1,499 58.1 41.0 88 91 9 29,248 38Centrum 1,859 1,638 64.3 34.8 71 77 23 19,989 24Ljustorp 970 760 50.3 48.8 84 93 7 24,703 27Nyvista 1,669 1,145 57.1 41.6 67 69 31 20,904 22Sörberge 1,879 1,469 52.1 47.1 85 90 10 26,951 35Söråker 2,108 1,598 52.0 47.1 81 92 8 24,727 36Timrådalen 1,949 1,489 48.5 50.8 86 89 11 27,873 52Tynderö 756 653 49.7 49.4 83 95 5 26,494 36Vivsta 1,725 1,370 56.4 42.8 78 82 18 23,133 27Source: SVT
Notable citizens Lennart Svedberg (1944-1972), ice hockey player Magdalena Forsberg (1967), cross country skier, biathlete Henrik Flyman, guitarist, composer, producer Henrik Forsberg (1967), cross country skier
References
External links
Timrå - Official site