Åre Municipality (, ) 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:Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
# 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.
In total there were 12,246 residents, including 9,076 Swedish citizens of voting age. 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 48Hallen-Marby 1,150 931 46.2 52.3 87 94 6 23,991 35Järpen 1,876 1,357 57.2 41.5 79 76 24 21,625 26Kall 543 440 52.6 44.1 87 90 10 22,750 28Mattmar 545 425 51.1 48.0 86 93 7 24,523 40Mörsil 1,191 805 48.5 50.4 80 74 26 23,103 30Undersåker 2,162 1,572 65.3 33.8 84 91 9 26,561 55Åre 2,383 1,805 60.4 38.5 80 90 10 26,744 51Source: SVT
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.
Gallery
See also Åre Ski Area Edsåsdalen Skalstugan
References
External links
Åre Municipality - Official site VisitAre.com - Tourism site Åre Bike Park - Official site Åre Bike Festival - Official site www.are-sweden.com - Information on Are Ski resort