Sollefteå Municipality


Sollefteå Municipality is a Swedish municipality in Västernorrland County. Its seat is located in Sollefteå.
The former City of Sollefteå was amalgamated with the surrounding entities in 1974 to form the present municipality. It consists of fifteen original units.
Geographically, the landscape is dominated by woods, and by the Ångerman River and its tributaries Faxälven and Fjällsjöälven, which cross through the municipality.
Historically, the name is found as early as the 13th century in the form of the Latin De Solatum, which would translate to "The Sunny Place". A market place was situated here in 1602 on Royal permission. The city's coat of arms depicts a Black Grouse.

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