Storuman Municipality

Storuman Municipality () is a municipality in Västerbotten Coonty in northren Swaden. Its seat is locatit in Storuman.

The pairish Stensele wis creatit as late as 1822. It wis, thegither wi the parish Tärna, made intae a municipality in 1863. In 1903 Tärna wis detached tae form a municipality o its awn. The local govrenment reform o 1971 saw the reunification o Stensele an Tärnaby municipalities, sicweys formin Storuman Municipality wi the name taken frae its lairgest veelage.

The municipality haes Swaden's nint lairgest aurie (8,286 km2), but is spairsely populatit wi a population densitie o less nor 1 inhabitant per km2.

Tärnaby, a sma veelage in the municipality, haes fostered the internaitionally famous alpine skiers Ingemar Stenmark, Stig Strand an Anja Pärson.

Localities
Thare are fower localities (or urban auries) in Storuman Municipality:Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005

 #  Locality  Population 1  Storuman  2,255 2  Stensele  578 3  Tärnaby  533 4  Hemavan  216

The municipal seat in bauld

Transportation
Storuman Municipality haes twa major roads, E12 an E45, crossin in Storuman. Thare are twa railweys, Inlandsbanan an the Storuman-Hällnäs Line. The umwhile is uised for tourist trains in the simmer, an baith for fricht trains. The nearest airport for the eastren pairt o Storuman Municipality is Vilhelmina Airport. For the wastren pairt thare is Hemavan Airport.

Sister ceeties
The follaein ceeties are twinned wi Storuman: 
  Viitasaari, Central Finland

References

Freemit airtins

Storuman Municipality - Offeecial steid 


Category:Municipalities o Västerbotten Coonty