Hammarstrand

Hammarstrand
Hammarforsens powerplant in Indalsälven near Hammarstrand
Hammarstrand
Hammarstrand
Coordinates: 63°06′N 16°21′E / 63.100°N 16.350°E / 63.100; 16.350
CountrySweden
ProvinceJämtland
CountyJämtland County
MunicipalityRagunda Municipality
Area
  Total
2.22 km2 (0.86 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)
  Total
1,052
  Density473/km2 (1,230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Hammarstrand is a locality and the seat of Ragunda Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden with 1,052 inhabitants in 2010. The town is host to a bobsleigh and luge track. It was built on the dry bed of the former lake Ragundasjön, which drained suddenly and catastrophically in 1796.