The present municipality was formed in 1974 through the amalgamation of "old" Åre Municipality with the surrounding municipalities Hallen, Kall, Mörsil and Undersåker. The largest village, Järpen, situated in Undersåker, was chosen as the seat of the new entity.
Localities
There are six localities (or urban areas) in Åre Municipality:[3]
This is a demographic table based on Åre Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[4]
In total there were 12,246 residents, including 9,076 Swedish citizens of voting age.[4] 57.9% voted for the left coalition and 40.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.