Åre Municipality

Åre Municipality

*Åre kommun*
Åre Municipality Åre kommun
Municipality
	Åresjön and Åre seen from the Mullfell in nearby Duved
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 63°21′N 13°28′E / 63.350°N 13.467°E
Country	Sweden
County	Jämtland County
Seat	Järpen
Area
• Total	8,236.54 km2 (3,180.15 sq mi)
• Land	7,199.45 km2 (2,779.72 sq mi)
• Water	1,037.09 km2 (400.42 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)
• Total	12,464
• Density	1.5/km2 (3.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Jämtland
Municipal code	2321
Website	www.are.se

Åre Municipality (Swedish: Åre kommun, Southern Sami: Ååren tjïelte) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Järpen.

The present municipality was formed in 1974 through the amalgamation of "old" Åre Municipality with the surrounding municipalities Hallen, Kall, Mörsil and Undersåker. The largest village, Järpen, situated in Undersåker, was chosen as the seat of the new entity.

Localities

There are six localities (or urban areas) in Åre Municipality:^[3]

#	Locality	Population
1	Järpen	1,439
2	Åre	1,260
3	Mörsil	674
4	Duved	637
5	Undersåker	384
6	Hallen	223

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Åre Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[4]

In total there were 12,246 residents, including 9,076 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[4] 57.9% voted for the left coalition and 40.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

%

Duved-Storlien

2,396

1,741

62.3

37.2

80

85

15

26,023

48

Hallen-Marby

1,150

931

46.2

52.3

87

94

6

23,991

35

Järpen

1,876

1,357

57.2

41.5

79

76

24

21,625

26

Kall

543

440

52.6

44.1

87

90

10

22,750

28

Mattmar

545

425

51.1

48.0

86

93

7

24,523

40

Mörsil

1,191

805

48.5

50.4

80

74

26

23,103

30

Undersåker

2,162

1,572

65.3

33.8

84

91

9

26,561

55

Åre

2,383

1,805

60.4

38.5

80

90

10

26,744

51

Source: SVT^[4]

Notable people

Henrik Lundqvist – Former goalkeeper for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League, and the Frölunda Indians of the Swedish Hockey League, gold medalist in the Winter Olympics in 2006. Born in Åre, though he moved to Båstad to support his sister's tennis career. He is twins with Joel Lundqvist.
Joel Lundqvist – center for the Frölunda Indians (SHL), former center for the Dallas Stars (NHL), 2 time world champion. Born in Åre, though he moved to Båstad to support his sister's tennis career. He is twins with Henrik Lundqvist.