Country Sweden Seat Storuman ISO 3166 code SE Province Lapland | County Västerbotten County Time zone CET (UTC+1) Municipal code 2421 | |
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Storuman Municipality (Swedish: Storumans kommun) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Storuman.
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Map of Storuman, Sweden
The parish Stensele was created as late as 1822. It was, together with the parish Tärna, made into a municipality in 1863. In 1903 Tärna was detached to form a municipality of its own. The local government reform of 1971 saw the reunification of Stensele and Tärnaby municipalities, thus forming Storuman Municipality with the name taken from its largest town.
The municipality has Sweden's ninth largest area (8,286 km2), but is sparsely populated with a population density of less than 1 inhabitant per km2.
Tärnaby, a small village in the municipality, has fostered the internationally famous alpine skiers Ingemar Stenmark, Stig Strand and Anja Pärson.
Localities
There are four localities (or urban areas) in Storuman Municipality:
The municipal seat in bold
Transportation
Storuman Municipality has two major roads, E12 and E45, crossing in Storuman. An international tourist route Blue Highway (Norway - Sweden - Finland - Russia) goes through Storuman.
There are two railways, Inlandsbanan and the Storuman-Hällnäs Line in Storuman. The former is used for tourist trains in the summer, and both for freight trains.
The nearest airport for the eastern part of Storuman Municipality is Vilhelmina Airport. For the western part, Hemavan Airport is situated near the village centre of Hemavan.
Sister cities
The following cities are twinned with Storuman: