Sollefteå Municipality (Sollefteå kommun) is a Swedish municipality in Västernorrland County. Its seat is located in Sollefteå.
The former City of Sollefteå (instituted in 1917) was 1974 amalgamated with the surrounding entities to form the present municipality. It consists of fifteen original (1863) units.
Geographically the landscape is dominated by woods, and by the Ångerman River and its tributaries Faxälven and Fjällsjöälven that cross through the municipality.
Historically the name is found as early as the 13th century, in the form of the Latin De Solatum, which would translate to "The Sunny Place" (or so). A market place was situated here in 1602 on Royal permission. (...)
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