Stensele
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Stensele
|image_skyline = Kyrka - Stensele.JPG
|image_caption = Stensele Church
|pushpin_map = Sweden Västerbotten#Sweden
|pushpin_label_position =
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Sweden
|subdivision_type3 = Municipality
|subdivision_name3 = Storuman Municipality
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Västerbotten County
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Lapland
|area_footnotes ={{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |language=Swedish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archive-date=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |access-date=10 January 2012 |df= }}
|area_total_km2 = 1.25
|population_as_of = 31 December 2010
|population_total = 546
|population_density_km2 = 437
|timezone = CET
|utc_offset = +1
|timezone_DST = CEST
|utc_offset_DST = +2
|coordinates = {{coord|65|03|59|N|17|09|21|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website =
}}
Stensele ({{IPA|sv|ˈstěːnsɛlɛ}}){{cite book|url=https://runeberg.org/ortnamn/0026.html|author1=Jöran Sahlgren|author2=Gösta Bergman|title=Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter|language=sv|year=1979|page=22}} 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.
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.{{Cite book |last=Andersson |first=Per |url=https://libris.kb.se/bib/7766806 |title=Sveriges kommunindelning 1863–1993 |date=1993 |isbn=978-91-87784-05-7}}
Climate
{{Weather box
|location = Stensele, 1961–1990
|width=auto
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan high C = -8.7
|Feb high C = -6.3
|Mar high C = -1.0
|Apr high C = 4.0
|May high C = 11.1
|Jun high C = 16.9
|Jul high C = 18.3
|Aug high C = 16.2
|Sep high C = 10.6
|Oct high C = 4.7
|Nov high C = -2.6
|Dec high C = -6.5
|Jan mean C = -12.8
|Feb mean C = -10.7
|Mar mean C = -5.9
|Apr mean C = -0.3
|May mean C = 6.2
|Jun mean C = 11.8
|Jul mean C = 13.5
|Aug mean C = 11.6
|Sep mean C = 6.8
|Oct mean C = 1.7
|Nov mean C = -5.6
|Dec mean C = -10.4
|Jan low C = -17.4
|Feb low C = -15.7
|Mar low C = -11.2
|Apr low C = -4.9
|May low C = 1.0
|Jun low C = 6.6
|Jul low C = 8.6
|Aug low C = 7.0
|Sep low C = 3.0
|Oct low C = -1.3
|Nov low C = -9.1
|Dec low C = -14.8
|precipitation colour= green
|Jan precipitation mm = 34
|Feb precipitation mm = 25
|Mar precipitation mm = 28
|Apr precipitation mm = 26
|May precipitation mm = 36
|Jun precipitation mm = 54
|Jul precipitation mm = 88
|Aug precipitation mm = 65
|Sep precipitation mm = 55
|Oct precipitation mm = 42
|Nov precipitation mm = 41
|Dec precipitation mm = 35
|source =Hong Kong Observatory.[http://www.weather.gov.hk/wxinfo/climat/world/eng/europe/n_europe/stensele_e.htm Climatological Information for Stensele, Sweden]
|date=February 2015
}}
References
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See also
- Blue Highway, a tourist route (Norway – Sweden – Finland – Russia)
{{Localities in Storuman Municipality}}
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Category:Populated places in Storuman Municipality
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