Sorsele Municipality (, ; ) is a

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Västerbotten County Västerbotten County (), sometimes called Westrobothnia, is a county or '' län'' in the north of Sweden. It shares the borders with the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the ...

in northern

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. Its

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is located in

Sorsele Sorsele (; ; Ume Sami: ) is a locality and the seat of Sorsele Municipality in Västerbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 1,277 inhabitants in 2010. Sorsele is also the nearest town to the ski resort Nalovardo. It is known for conta ...

. Sorsele Municipality covers an area of 8,012 km². It is the eleventh largest municipality by size, but has one of the smallest populations. The municipality has not been affected by the two local government reforms of the 20th century, but has had its large size since the municipal system was implemented in 1863. The name appears to stem from the

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word ''sourge'', which means branch, and ''sel'', which is of Swedish origin and refers to a kind of

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. This refers to the protected

Vindel River The Vindel River (Swedish: ''Vindelälven'') is a river in northern Sweden. It is a tributary to Ume River and the biggest tributary river in Sweden. It lends its name to the Vindelfjällen Nature Reserve, one of the largest protected areas in Euro ...

(Swedish: ''Vindelälven''), which flows through the town and municipality of Sorsele. Geography wise, around half of the municipal area is part of the Vindelfjällens Nature Reserve.

Localities

There is only one

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(or urban area) in Sorsele Municipality:Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
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Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Sorsele 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 2,461 residents, including 1,843 Swedish citizens of voting age. 56.6% voted for the left coalition and 42.4% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

References

External links

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Sorsele Municipality
- Official site {{authority control Municipalities of Västerbotten County