Kil Municipality () is a

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Värmland County Värmland County () is a county or '' län'' in west central Sweden. It borders the Swedish counties of Dalarna, Örebro and Västra Götaland, as well as the Norwegian counties of Østfold, Akershus and Innlandet to the west. The title of Duke ...

in west central

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. Its seat is located in the town of Kil. The local government reform of 1971

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Stora Kil, Järnskog and a part of Brunskog, thus forming Kil Municipality. Kil means

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, crack or similar in

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, 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

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Hyn, where the church was constructed. The town later became the seat of the juridical

Kil Hundred Kil Municipality () 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. ...

, which is known to have existed in 1426. The wedge is noted in the

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

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in 1849.

Localities

* Fagerås *

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* Kil (seat)

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Kil Municipality's electoral districts in the

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sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 12,129 residents, including 9,297 Swedish citizens of voting age. 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

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* Svinninge,

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References

External links

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Kil Municipality
- Official site
Kil.just.nu
{{authority control Municipalities of Värmland County