Timrå Municipality

Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden

Timrå Municipality Timrå kommun
Municipality
Tourist information fish at Björkängen, Ljustorp
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 62°30′N 17°20′E / 62.500°N 17.333°E / 62.500; 17.333
Country	Sweden
County	Västernorrland County
Seat	Timrå
Area ^[1]
• Total	1,234.17 km² (476.52 sq mi)
• Land	783.3 km² (302.4 sq mi)
• Water	450.87 km² (174.08 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	17,540
• Density	14/km² (37/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Medelpad
Municipal code	2262

Timrå Municipality (Timrå kommun) 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

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.^[3]

In total there were 17,904 residents, including 13,943 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 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

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Ala

1,125

887

46.5

52.1

27,082

Bergeforsen

1,891

1,435

47.4

52.2

28,674

Böle

1,973

1,499

58.1

41.0

29,248

Centrum

1,859

1,638

64.3

34.8

19,989

Ljustorp

970

760

50.3

48.8

24,703

Nyvista

1,669

1,145

57.1

41.6

20,904

Sörberge

1,879

1,469

52.1

47.1

26,951

Söråker

2,108

1,598

52.0

47.1

24,727

Timrådalen

1,949

1,489

48.5

50.8

27,873

Tynderö

756

653

49.7

49.4

26,494

Vivsta

1,725

1,370

56.4

42.8

23,133

Source: SVT^[3]

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

^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Timrå i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2024.