Jämtland County

Jämtland County is a province ( län) in Sweden.

• 3.1 communities
• 3.2 Biggest Towns

Geography

Jämtland County is made up of the largest parts of the historic landscapes and Härjedalen Jämtland and minor parts of Hälsingland Ångermanland, Dalarna and Lapland.

The territory of Jämtland County constitutes about 12 % of the area of the Swedish territory.

Mountains

• Helagsfjället ( 1,796 m)
• Templet, Storsola1 ( 1,728 m)
• Lillsylen1 ( 1,704 m)
• Åreskutan ( 1,420 m)
• Anåfjället ( 1,332 m)
• Sielkentjakke ( 1,315 m)
• Sonfjället ( 1,277 m)
• Munsfjället ( 1,188 m)
• Ansätten ( 1,091 m)

1 part of Sylar massif, whose highest peak is 1,762 m with in Norway.

Lakes

• Large lake (456 km ²)
• Ströms Vattudal (170 km ²)
• Kallsjön (156 km ²)
• Flåsjön (112 km ²)
• Torrön (94 km ²)
• Näkten (83 km ²)

Climate

• Average January temperature: -9.0 ° C
• Average temperature in July: 13.9 ° C
• Annual average temperature: 2.6 ° C
• Average annual precipitation: 563 mm

Population

The proportion of the total population of Sweden is 1.4 %. Jämtland County has ~ 2 inhabitants per km ² (exactly 2.34 ) just ahead of Norrbotten County (2.37 ), the lowest population density in Sweden.

Communities and places

Communities

Jämtland County consists of eight municipalities (Swedish: kommuner ).

(As of March 31, 2013 )

Biggest Towns

• Östersund ( 43 796 inhabitants) (2005)
• Brunflo ( 3935 )
• Strömsund ( 3,707 )
• Sveg ( 2,724 )
• Krokom ( 2075 )

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is divided into blue and silver; Above, a silver moose with a golden flying up bird sitting on the rump and a golden Iltis anspringend from the front and below a black pliers are quite centrally, a black forging with red core and left two rotgestielte black hammers with heads arrayed against each other and pile as

Symbol: The coat of arms of Jämtland County is a combination of the coats of arms of the provinces of Jämtland (elk) and for Härjedalen pliers, forging hammer and two hammers

Traffic

The European route 14 from Sundsvall to Trondheim in east-west direction and the European Route 45 from Agrigento to Karesuando in north-south direction cross each other in the middle of Jämtland County in Östersund.

There are direct trains to Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Sundsvall and Trondheim.

The Inland Railway from Gällivare to Mora runs from north to south through Jämtland County. The route is not continuous but requires a switch in Östersund. The northern rail section ends and the southern begins there. Jämtland County has two commercial airports with scheduled service. From Östersund, direct flights to Stockholm -Arlanda Airport, Umeå and Luleå. Seasonal there are direct charter flights to Southern Europe and the Canary Islands. In the winter months will be held Charter of the United Kingdom, Germany and Russia. From Sveg in the community Härjedalen there are also direct flights to Stockholm -Arlanda Airport.

Tourist routes

The Wilderness Road, Wilderness Road, the domestic road Inlandsvägen as well as a number of other streets have been designated as a particularly touristy worth seeing. see also List of tourist routes in Sweden