Piteå Municipality

Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden

Piteå Municipality Piteå kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 65°20′N 21°30′E / 65.333°N 21.500°E / 65.333; 21.500
Country	Sweden
County	Norrbotten County
Seat	Piteå
Area ^[1]
• Total	4,680.52 km² (1,807.16 sq mi)
• Land	3,086.95 km² (1,191.88 sq mi)
• Water	1,593.57 km² (615.28 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	42,344
• Density	9.0/km² (23/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Norrbotten
Municipal code	2581
Website	www.pitea.se

Piteå Municipality (Swedish: Piteå kommun; Finnish: Piitimen kunta) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Piteå.

Localities

There are 14 localities (or urban areas) in Piteå Municipality:^[3]

#	Locality	Population
1	Piteå	22,650
2	Bergsviken	2,317
3	Rosvik	1,766
4	Norrfjärden	1,423
5	Hortlax	1,247
6	Roknäs	1,242
7	Jävre	572
8	Lillpite	454
9	Böle	418
10	Hemmingsmark	398
11	Sjulsmark	369
12	Svensbyn	362
13	Blåsmark	332
14	Sikfors	211

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Piteå 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 42,282 residents, including 33,405 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[4] 63.9% voted for the left coalition and 35.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Backen Annelund

1,891

1,444

66.1

33.3

27,146

Backen Källbo

1,824

1,603

64.9

33.9

23,899

Bergsviken V

1,417

1,078

65.5

33.7

29,339

Bergsviken Ö

1,138

910

64.4

34.8

29,878

Blåsmark

968

727

70.2

29.3

27,716

Djupviken N

2,046

1,608

66.7

32.2

23,353

Djupviken S

1,804

1,358

65.8

33.6

30,681

Hortlax

2,002

1,507

61.1

38.0

28,773

Häggholmen V

1,783

1,583

68.9

30.2

21,053

Häggholmen Ö

1,613

1,499

76.8

22.0

18,462

Jävre

1,026

807

64.7

34.3

27,839

Klubbgärdet

1,466

1,167

59.8

38.8

28,845

Munksund N

1,675

1,331

65.6

34.0

26,146

Munksund S

1,596

1,289

60.1

39.0

29,291

Norrmalm

849

746

68.4

30.6

24,826

Pitholm

1,705

1,352

66.4

32.6

31,032

Porsnäs V

1,199

879

61.5

36.9

25,800

Porsnäs Ö

1,301

1,029

62.5

36.2

29,044

Roknäs Lillpite

1,734

1,416

60.1

38.1

24,998

Rosvik

2,161

1,592

55.3

43.9

26,408

Sjulnäs Böle

1,772

1,313

63.1

35.0

29,512

Sjulsmark

1,759

1,372

57.0

40.8

26,567

Strömnäs

1,620

1,241

60.7

38.6

29,709

Svensbyn

938

738

66.8

32.9

29,726

Öjebyn C

1,263

912

66.4

32.2

22,030

Öjebyn N

1,948

1,479

64.3

34.7

23,049

Öjebyn S

1,784

1,425

66.3

32.8

25,039

Source: SVT^[4]

Twin towns – sister cities

Piteå is twinned with:^[5]

Grindavík, Iceland
Kandalaksha, Russia
Saint Barthélemy, France

Notable natives

Lina Andersson, cross-country skier
Nicolai Dunger, artist
Nils Edén, politician
Tomas Holmström, ice hockey player
Niklas Jonsson, cross-country skier
Liza Marklund, author
Stefan Persson, ice hockey player
Mikael Renberg, ice hockey player
Daniel Solander, botanist
Mattias Öhlund, ice hockey player

References

^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 1 January 2014. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
^ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Piteå i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
^ "Vänorter". pitea.se (in Swedish). Piteå kommun. Retrieved 29 April 2021.