Bollnäs Municipality

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Bollnäs Municipality (Template:Langx) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Bollnäs.

The municipality evolved during a series of local government reforms in the 1950s and 1970s. It consists of six original entities and has its present shape since 1977.

Geography

Through the municipality, from north to southeast, runs the river Ljusnan. Among the localities situated at the river are Bollnäs and Arbrå. South of Bollnäs is the confluence of Ljusnan and its biggest tributary Voxnan.

Nearby the town of Bollnäs are several water areas with fish such as trout, bass and pike. The streams Ljusnan and Voxnan also offer fishing, as does the tributary lake Vågen in Bollnäs.

Localities

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Protected nature

A total of Template:Convert of the land in the municipality (0.8% of the municipality's area) are considered protected nature, for instance there are six nature reserves within the municipality's borders.[3][4]

The reserves are:

Eight areas are included in Natura 2000. Four of these are also nature reserves – Djupsjön/Römmaberget, Galvån, Grossjöberget and Hästhagsberget – and the other four are Andersvallsslåtten, Haga, Myrsjömyrorna and Tomtas.[11]

Culture

Västerby hembygdsby in Rengsjö shows example of hälsingegårdar, old farms built in a way typical for the province of Hälsingland. Other examples of hälsingegårdar are Gästgivars in Vallsta, Erik-Larsgården in Arbrå and Kämpens in Bollnäs.[12]

Outside Växbo, 15 km northeast of Bollnäs, Växbo lin ("Växbo linen"), Växbo kvarn ("Växbo Mill") and Trolldalen is situated. Växbo lin is the only remaining spinnery and weavers of linen in Scandinavia. Växbo kvarn is a water mill from the 19th century (reopened in 1985) where flour is ground using old techniques. Trolldalen displays old tools from the 19th century, tools used for processing linen.[13]

Since 1997, the workgroup Kulturarv Hälsingegårdar has been active with the goal to get 15 villages/farms in Hälsingland declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. The villages and farms listed demonstrates examples of the traditional architecture of Hälsingland. On the list are among others Västerby hembygdsby, Växbo kvarn and Trolldalen. In 2006, the County Administrative Board of Gävleborg County handed over the documents concerning the issue to the Swedish National Heritage Board. UNESCO has received the inquiry and will make a decision in July 2009, at the earliest.[14]

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Bollnäs Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[15]

In total there were 20,585 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[15] 51.6 % voted for the left coalition and 47.3 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Politics

Result of the 2010 election:

Transport

The Northern main line railway (Norra Stambanan) follows to great extent Ljusnan through the municipality. Bollnäs town holds the largest train station, the only station where inter-city trains stop. The local train X-tåget, which operates the route Gävle-Ljusdal, makes additional stops at Kilafors, Arbrå and Vallsta.[16]

Twin towns – sister cities

Bollnäs is twinned with:[17]

Notable people

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Lina Hedlund
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Victoria Silvstedt
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Peter Stormare

Notes

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External links

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  1. ↑ Statistics Sweden – Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2008.
  2. ↑ Statistics Sweden – Småorternas areal, folkmängd och invånare per kvkm 2000 och 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2008.
  3. ↑ Bollnäs kommun – Skyddad natur Template:Webarchive. Template:In lang. Retrieved 23 August 2008.
  4. ↑ Bollnäs kommun – Naturreservat Template:Webarchive. Template:In lang. Retrieved 23 August 2008.
  5. ↑ Länsstyrelsen Gävleborg – Bildande av Stora Bolleberget naturreservatTemplate:Dead link. Template:In lang. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
  6. ↑ Länsstyrelsen Gävleborg – Bevarandeplan för GalvånTemplate:Dead link. Template:In lang. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
  7. ↑ Länsstyrelsen Gävleborg – Bevarandeplan för GrossjöbergetTemplate:Dead link. Template:In lang. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
  8. ↑ Länsstyrelsen Gävleborg – Bevarandeplan för HästhagsbergetTemplate:Dead link. Template:In lang. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
  9. ↑ Länsstyrelsen Gävleborg – Kölberget. Template:In lang. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
  10. ↑ Länsstyrelsen Gävleborg – Bevarandeplan för Djupsjön-RömmabergetTemplate:Dead link. Template:In lang. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
  11. ↑ Bollnäs kommun – Natura 2000-områden Template:Webarchive. Template:In lang. Retrieved 23 August 2008.
  12. ↑ Bollnäs turism – Hälsingegård. Template:In lang. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  13. ↑ Växbo lin. Template:In lang. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  14. ↑ Hälsingegårdar – Nyhetsbrev juni 2007. Template:In lang. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
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  16. ↑ [1] Template:Webarchive X-tåget time table. Template:In lang. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
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