Nordanstig Municipality
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| County | Gävleborg County |
| Province | Hälsingland |
| Seat | Bergsjö |
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| Area • Total area • Land area |
70th of 290 1,399 km² 298.40 km² |
| Population • Total |
222nd of 290 9,872 inhabitants |
| Density • Total |
7 inhabitants/km² |
| Website | http://www.nordanstig.se/ |
| Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006 | |
Nordanstig Municipality (Nordanstigs kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden.
The municipal seat is located in Bergsjö.
The municipality was created in 1974 when Bergsjö, Gnarp, Hassela and Harmånger were amalgamated. The name chosen for the new municipality was taken from a corresponding ecclesiatical entity, Nordanstigs kontrakt, which got this name in 1916 on the initiative of Nathan Söderblom, the archbishop of Uppsala.
The current municipal arms was designed in the mid 80's. It depicts: A horse to symbolize the forest and agricultural industry; the net symbolizes fishing and six net mesh to symbolize the six municipal parishes (Hassela, Bergsjö, Ilsbo, Gnarp, Jättendal and Harmånger).
[edit] Localities
- Bergsjö (seat)
- Hassela
- Harmånger
- Gnarp
- Ilsbo
- Jättendal
- Stocka
- Strömsbruk
It also has one sister city: Holeby in Denmark.
[edit] Industry
The manufacutring industry provides 25% of the employment; service and communications 14%; agriculture, forest and fishing industries 6%; education and research 9%.
Largest private employers are:
- Strömsbruksfabriken - 150 employees
- Trima AB - 125 employees
- Plyfa AB - 80 employees
- SMP Parts - 50 employees
- Hassela utbildningscenter - 40 employees
- Tjärnviks Trä AB - 40 employees
(Source: [1])
[edit] External links
- Nordanstig - Official site
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