Timrå Municipality


Timrå Municipality is a municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. The town of Timrå is the municipal seat.
The rural municipality Timrå was made a market town in 1947. The present municipality was created in 1971 when Timrå was amalgamated with Hässjö.

Geography

Timrå is located in a terrain of forest and hills. Traditionally the industry has been dominated by forestry. The timber was transported through the rivers and streams to their destination, most often to sawmills. In tribute to this, the city arms depicts trees and water.

Localities

This is a demographic table based on Timrå Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.
In total there were 17,904 residents, including 13,943 Swedish citizens of voting age. 53.2% voted for the left coalition and 45.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Notable citizens