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Luleå Municipality

Coordinates: 65°35′N 22°09′E / 65.583°N 22.150°E / 65.583; 22.150
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Luleå Municipality
Luleå kommun
Luleå town hall
Luleå town hall
Coat of arms of Luleå Municipality
Coordinates: 65°35′N 22°09′E / 65.583°N 22.150°E / 65.583; 22.150
CountrySweden
CountyNorrbotten County
SeatLuleå
Area
 • Total4,953.75 km2 (1,912.65 sq mi)
 • Land2,094.18 km2 (808.57 sq mi)
 • Water2,859.57 km2 (1,104.09 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total79,352
 • Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceNorrbotten
Municipal code2580
Websitewww.lulea.se

Luleå Municipality (Swedish: Luleå kommun) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Luleå, which is also the county seat of Norrbotten County.

Localities

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Luleå

There are 18 localities (or urban areas) in Luleå Municipality:[3]

# Locality Population
1 Luleå 45,467
2 Gammelstaden 4,892
3 Bergnäset 3,674
4 Södra Sunderbyn 2,875
5 Råneå 2,030
6 Antnäs 845
7 Alvik 771
8 Rutvik 759
9 Måttsund 587
10 Bensbyn 434
11 Bälinge 317
12 Ersnäs 299
13 Kallax 291
14 Karlsvik 270
15 Klöverträsk 260
16 Jämtön 236
17 Brändön 233
18 Persön 226

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

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This is a demographic table based on Luleå 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 78,846 residents, including 61,094 Swedish citizens of voting age.[4] 56.9% voted for the left coalition and 42.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Sister cities

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Luleå Municipality has five sister cities:[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
  4. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Luleå i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  5. ^ Official site (in Swedish)
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