Kil Municipality

Kil Municipality
Kils kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Kil Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°30′N 13°18′E / 59.5°N 13.3°E / 59.5; 13.3
CountrySweden
CountyVärmland County
SeatKil
Area
[1]
 • Total
406.87 km2 (157.09 sq mi)
 • Land359.73 km2 (138.89 sq mi)
 • Water47.14 km2 (18.20 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (30 June 2025)[2]
 • Total
12,014
 • Density33.397/km2 (86.499/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVärmland
Municipal code1715
Websitewww.kil.se

Kil Municipality (Swedish: Kils kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kil.

The local government reform of 1971 amalgamated Stora Kil, Järnskog and a part of Brunskog, thus forming Kil Municipality.

Kil means wedge, crack or similar in Swedish, in this case referring to a bay (old Swedish). The name is at least from the fifteenth century, referring to a bay by the small lake Hyn, where the church was constructed. The town later became the seat of the juridical Kil Hundred, which is known to have existed in 1426. The wedge is noted in the coat of arms.

The town is notable as the location of Sweden's first railroad in 1849.

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Kil 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 12,129 residents, including 9,297 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 46.1% voted for the left coalition and 53.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Sister cities

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 2, 2025" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Kil i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  • Wikimedia Commons logo Media related to Kil Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
  • Kil Municipality - Official site
  • Kil.just.nu Archived 2020-09-17 at the Wayback Machine

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