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Ånge Municipality

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Country
  
Sweden

Seat
  
Ånge

ISO 3166 code
  
SE

Province
  
Medelpad

County
  
Västernorrland County

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Municipal code
  
2260

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Ånge Municipality (Ånge kommun) is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Ånge.

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Map of %C3%85nge, Sweden

The railway junction Ånge was in 1947 made a market town (köping) and detached from Borgsjö. In 1971 they were reunited and together with Haverö and Torp the present municipality was formed.

The municipal most known slogan is Sweden's geographical center. It was in 1947 measured by the Royal Institute of Technology to be situated by the lake Munkbysjön (Lake Munkby), in the municipality's eastern parts. In 2002 the slogan was changed to Wonderful byways.

13 kilometers east of the town Ånge lies the town Borgsjö. It has a widely acclaimed rococo church from the 18th century.

Localities

  • Alby
  • Fränsta
  • Ljungaverk
  • Torpshammar
  • Ånge (seat)
  • Östavall

    • Sister cities

    Ånge's sister cities:

  • Malvik, Norway;
  • Oravais, Finland;
  • Ogre, Latvia;
  • Beng, Laos.

    • The Nordic sister cities were established in the 1940s, the others not before 1990.

    References

    Ånge Municipality Wikipedia
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