Grums Municipality

Grums Municipality (Grums kommun) is a municipality in Värmland Coonty in wast central Swaden. Its seat is locatit in the toun o Grums, wi aboot 5,200 indwallers.

Grums Municipality Grums kommun
Municipality
Coat airms
Kintra	Swaden
Coonty	Värmland Coonty
Seat	Grums
Area [1]
• Total	478.82 km2 (184.87 sq mi)
• Laund	386.38 km2 (149.18 sq mi)
• Water	92.44 km2 (35.69 sq mi)
	Aurie as o Januar 1, 2014.
Population  (31 December 2021)[2]
• Total	9,091
• Density	19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Värmland
Municipal code	1764
Website	www.grums.se

As sae mony o the municipalities o Swaden the present entity wis creatit in 1971. The mercat toun (köping) Grums (institutit as sic in 1948) wis amalgamatit wi Ed an the pairish Värmskog frae the dissolved Stavnäs Municipality, sicweys formin Grums Municipality.

Geographically it is situatit on the north-wast shore o Lake Vänern in the province o Värmland. Transportations are reliable wi the European route E18 intersectin the toun.

Historically the toun wis the centre o the historical jurisdiction Grums Hunder, wi its auldest seal stemmin frae 1617. The seal showed an accurate image o the local kirk.

The coat o airms is derivit frae that o the hunder. It depicts three saw-blades an aw, seembolisin the forest industry.

The local poleetical pairty is kent as Grums medborgarparti, abbreviated gm. It wis foondit in 1994, in the wak o the short-livit unconventional pairty Ny Demokrati. The pairty wis the municipality's third lairgest in the election o 1994 an 1998.