thumb|[[Dorotea railway station.]]

Dorotea Municipality (; ) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Dorotea.

When the first local government acts were implemented in Sweden in 1863 Dorotea parish was made a rural municipality. In 1974 it was merged into Åsele Municipality. Already in 1980 it was split off, forming a new Dorotea Municipality. In 2023 it became the least populated municipality of Sweden.

Locality

There is only one locality (or urban area) in Dorotea Municipality:

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| 1 || Dorotea || align="right" | 1,571

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Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Dorotea 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 2,457 inhabitants, with 1,937 Swedish citizens of voting age.

References

  • Dorotea Municipality - Official site
  • Tourist office