Stensele

Stensele () is a locality situated in Storuman Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden, with 546 inhabitants in 2010. It lies not far from the municipal seat of Storuman itself. The town boasts Sweden's largest wooden church.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Stensele
Settlement.image_skyline: Kyrka - Stensele.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Stensele Church
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Västerbotten#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Storuman Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Västerbotten County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Lapland
Settlement.area_total_km2: 1.25
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2010
Settlement.population_total: 546
Settlement.population_density_km2: 437
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Stensele
Population: 445
Area: 160
Image: Kyrka - Stensele.JPG

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== History == Stensele is a parish village within the Stensele parish district and was included in the Stensele rural municipality following the municipal reform of 1862. A municipal community for the locality, Stensele municipal community, was established on April 30, 1937, and was dissolved at the end of 1964. Since 1971, the locality has been part of the Storuman Municipality.