Hammarstrand
Hammarstrand | |
|---|---|
Hammarforsens powerplant in Indalsälven near Hammarstrand | |
| Coordinates: 63°06′N 16°21′E / 63.100°N 16.350°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Jämtland |
| County | Jämtland County |
| Municipality | Ragunda Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.22 km2 (0.86 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010) | |
• Total | 1,052 |
| • Density | 473/km2 (1,230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+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.