Salem Municipality

Salem Municipality
Salems kommun
Coat of arms of Salem Municipality
Coordinates: 59°12′N 17°46′E / 59.200°N 17.767°E / 59.200; 17.767
CountrySweden
CountyStockholm County
SeatSalem
Area
 • Total71.09 km2 (27.45 sq mi)
 • Land54.09 km2 (20.88 sq mi)
 • Water17 km2 (7 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total17,451
 • Density250/km2 (640/sq mi)
DemonymsSalemite
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceSödermanland
Municipal code0128
Websitewww.salem.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Salem Municipality (Salems kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. The name traces its origins from Slæm in the 13th century, but was changed to Salem in the 17th century, inspired by the Biblical name of Jerusalem.[3] Its seat is located in Salem.

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ Wahlberg, Mats, ed. (2003). Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (PDF) (in Swedish) (1st ed.). Uppsala: Swedish Institute for Dialectology, Onomastics and Folklore Research. p. 267. ISBN 91-7229-020-X. SELIBR 8998039. Archived from the original (PDF, 79.4 MB) on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2020-05-15.