Dorotea Municipality
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Dorotea Municipality
Dorotea kommun— Municipality — Dorotea municipal building
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Country Sweden County Västerbotten County Seat Dorotea Area[1] - Total 2,961.87 km2 (1,143.6 sq mi) - Land 2,795.08 km2 (1,079.2 sq mi) - Water 166.79 km2 (64.4 sq mi) Area as of January 1, 2010. Population (June 30, 2010)[2] - Total 2,887 - Density 1/km2 (2.5/sq mi) Time zone CET (UTC+1) - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) Postal code ISO 3166 code SE Province Lapland, Ångermanland and Jämtland Municipal code 2425 Website www.dorotea.se Dorotea Municipality (Swedish: Dorotea kommun) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Dorotea.
When the first local government acts were implemented in Sweden in 1863 Dorotea parish was made a rural municipality. In 1974 it was merged into Åsele Municipality. Already in 1980 it was split off, forming a new Dorotea Municipality. It is the third least populated municipality of Sweden.
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Locality
There is only one locality (or urban area) in Dorotea Municipality:[3]
# Locality Population 1 Dorotea 1,571 Industry
Amongst the industries in the municipality is one of the biggest caravan manufacturers in Scandinavia, Polarvagnen, now known as SoliferPolar as it has merged with another company. Other known industries and companies are Dorocell, Svenska Tält and S-Karosser.
In more recent years, several IT-companies have also moved to the municipality. In early 2000 the company Spray was located here but then moved to Sollefteå. The large house which held the support department and other personnel was later taken over by Datakompisen.
References
- ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (in Swedish) (Microsoft Excel). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0802/2010A01/mi0802tab3_2010.xls. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ^ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____244147.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
- ^ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
External links
- Dorotea Municipality - Official site (Swedish)
- Tourist office
Municipalities 
Municipal seats Localities in Dorotea Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden Localities: Dorotea (seat)Categories:- Municipalities of Sweden
- Municipalities of Västerbotten County
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