Umeå Municipality

Municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden
Umeå Municipality
Umeå kommun
Municipality
Umeå City Hall
Umeå City Hall
Coat of arms of Umeå Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 63°50′N 20°15′E / 63.833°N 20.250°E / 63.833; 20.250
CountrySweden
CountyVästerbotten County
SeatUmeå
Area
 • Total5,214.16 km2 (2,013.20 sq mi)
 • Land2,316.61 km2 (894.45 sq mi)
 • Water2,897.55 km2 (1,118.75 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total133,091
 • Density26/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVästerbotten and Ångermanland
Municipal code2480
Websitewww.umea.se/umeakommun

Umeå Municipality (Swedish: Umeå kommun, Northern Sami: Ubmi gielda) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is Umeå, which is also the county seat of Västerbotten County.

Administration

Umeå Town Hall

The municipality is an administrative entity defined by geographical borders, consisting of Umeå and a large area around it. The present municipality consists of many former local government units joined together in a series of municipal reforms carried out between 1952 and 1974.

A 65-member municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige) is elected by proportional representation for a four-year term. The assembly appoints the 9-member executive committee (kommunstyrelsen) and the 7 governing commissioners. The executive committee and the commissioners are headed by the chairman (kommunstyrelsens ordförande), since 1996 Social Democrat Lennart Holmlund (b. 1946). Since the 2010 municipal election the municipality is headed by a Social Democratic-Left Party coalition a single seat short of absolute majority. Of the eight parties represented in the Riksdag since 2010, all but the Sweden Democrats are found in the assembly, as well as the breakaway Socialist Justice Party headed by former Social Democrat Jan Hägglund (holding its only seat), renamed the Workers' Party in 2011.

Localities

There are 20 localities (or urban areas) in Umeå Municipality:[3]

# Locality Population
1 Umeå 75,645
2 Holmsund 5,482
3 Sävar 2,672
4 Hörnefors 2,573
5 Röbäck 2,300
6 Obbola 2,175
7 Ersmark 1,486
8 Täfteå 1,029
9 Tomtebo 633
10 Innertavle 549
11 Stöcke 477
12 Hissjön 447
13 Sörfors 397
14 Bullmark 343
15 Flurkmark 302
16 Tavelsjö 247
17 Sörmjöle 231
18 Västibyn 219
19 Botsmark 209
20 Stöcksjö 205

The municipal seat in bold

Other villages:

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Umeå 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 130,881 residents, including 99,226 Swedish citizens of voting age.[4] 65.9% voted for the left coalition and 32.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. Umeå was the strongest municipality in Sweden for the left coalition, with a 33-point margin of advantage.

Location Residents Citizen
adults 		Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents 		Foreign
heritage 		Income
SEK 		Degree
% %
Backen 1,314 1,046 65.7 33.8 85 93 7 26,144 60
Berghem N 2,218 1,685 71.4 27.4 71 84 16 25,876 76
Berghem S 1,237 1,035 75.4 23.7 68 83 17 21,671 75
Brinkvägen 1,322 1,180 61.0 38.0 80 89 11 24,094 58
Brännland 2,564 1,856 56.6 42.6 88 94 6 30,227 50
Bullmark 1,309 1,010 54.1 45.1 85 94 6 25,906 34
Böleå 1,796 1,650 58.7 40.5 82 92 8 25,203 46
Böleäng V 2,332 1,665 63.0 35.8 86 89 11 30,118 51
Böleäng Ö 1,680 1,257 63.6 35.6 85 88 12 28,486 53
Carlshem V 2,621 1,974 72.7 25.9 71 78 22 24,178 68
Carlshem Ö 1,584 1,149 73.1 25.6 68 74 26 22,804 64
Centrum 1,260 1,185 63.8 35.8 75 84 16 24,977 56
Centrum V 1,898 1,647 65.5 33.4 81 88 12 26,064 56
Centrum Ö 1,747 1,455 68.4 30.4 78 87 13 25,500 68
Dragonfältet 1,190 1,101 61.8 37.4 86 90 10 28,262 60
Ersboda M 2,182 1,585 72.2 25.9 73 70 30 22,911 41
Ersboda N 2,392 1,531 71.9 26.0 70 55 45 21,647 36
Ersboda V 2,302 1,708 69.6 29.4 78 78 22 25,511 48
Ersboda Ö 1,160 816 68.7 29.4 79 68 32 25,641 45
Ersmark 1,829 1,270 58.5 41.0 91 94 6 33,672 62
Grubbe N 1,676 1,298 59.6 39.6 83 93 7 29,367 56
Grubbe S 2,045 1,622 65.9 33.4 84 92 8 29,251 61
Haga N 1,534 1,348 69.3 29.8 77 90 10 24,702 63
Haga S 1,587 1,342 68.2 30.6 80 88 12 27,717 62
Haga Ö 1,574 1,333 69.1 29.7 77 88 12 24,461 64
Hissjö 1,358 1,033 55.0 44.6 91 95 5 29,640 47
Holmsund S 2,419 1,762 61.9 37.6 90 92 8 30,332 55
Holmsund V 2,047 1,508 63.6 35.0 76 84 16 23,301 40
Holmsund Ö 2,044 1,452 66.1 33.2 86 88 12 28,143 53
Hörnefors V 1,969 1,544 56.9 42.3 84 93 7 24,929 36
Hörnefors Ö 1,321 1,022 65.9 32.4 89 96 4 27,560 43
Innertavle-Tavleliden 2,376 1,485 65.8 33.6 91 89 11 34,467 69
Kronoparken 1,724 1,360 65.2 33.8 85 92 8 27,696 52
Marieberg 1,966 1,382 70.6 28.3 80 83 17 27,365 58
Mariedal 1,578 1,271 70.4 28.3 87 90 10 27,762 65
Mariehem 1,922 1,410 75.5 23.3 79 78 22 26,711 67
Mariehemshöjd 1,988 1,365 70.2 27.0 69 61 39 20,284 49
Mariestrand Olovsdal 2,303 1,976 66.2 32.9 61 78 22 18,838 67
Nydalahöjd 1,662 1,321 73.4 25.0 48 71 29 7,859 77
Obbola 2,851 2,132 63.4 36.1 87 90 10 28,808 46
Röbäck V-Skravelsjö 1,585 1,114 62.9 36.6 84 89 11 29,286 44
Röbäck Ö-Klabböle 1,463 1,026 57.8 41.4 90 93 7 31,829 57
Sandabrånet 2,138 1,732 70.7 27.2 79 88 12 25,377 60
Sandbacka 1,702 1,337 72.0 26.6 82 90 10 28,348 59
Sandåkern 1,384 1,246 59.8 38.9 85 91 9 27,386 53
Sofiehem 1,638 1,207 72.5 26.2 80 84 16 27,818 72
Stöcke 1,480 1,046 54.7 45.1 89 94 6 31,048 50
Stöcksjö-Degernäs 1,507 1,047 54.3 44.8 92 92 8 32,141 50
Sävar V 1,869 1,354 64.0 35.8 87 94 6 28,162 49
Sävar Ö 2,157 1,547 64.5 34.9 90 95 5 29,111 53
Södra Teg 1,057 856 57.4 41.4 81 88 12 24,556 41
Sörmjöle-Norrmjöle 1,445 1,198 59.2 40.4 89 94 6 29,278 49
Tavelsjö 2,426 1,828 55.4 43.6 90 96 4 28,890 41
Tomtebo 1,890 1,270 75.7 23.2 76 76 24 25,194 67
Tomtebo N 2,409 1,714 67.3 31.7 70 78 22 24,043 73
Tomtebo S 1,754 1,237 73.4 25.7 84 83 17 30,102 72
Täfteå 1,754 1,219 62.7 36.2 89 95 5 33,106 60
Umedalen V 2,335 1,598 65.3 33.4 81 84 16 28,092 56
Umedalen Ö 1,712 1,208 68.4 28.6 78 80 20 24,919 46
Universitetsområdet 2,232 1,813 68.4 30.5 39 69 31 6,214 77
Universitetsom. Ö 1,707 1,461 75.0 22.9 58 77 23 14,467 69
Västerslätt 1,918 1,463 66.3 33.3 87 93 7 29,968 57
Västteg 1,669 1,486 60.5 38.8 83 92 8 27,339 51
Ytterhiske 1,247 1,060 66.1 32.4 80 88 12 25,077 52
Yttersjö 1,708 1,207 59.8 39.2 91 95 5 30,333 47
Ålidhem S 1,993 1,378 76.8 20.9 65 60 40 18,647 59
Ålidhem V 1,965 1,199 71.8 25.7 35 50 50 4,821 72
Ålidhem Ö 2,415 1,449 76.7 20.7 45 46 54 6,843 66
Öbacka-Rosendal 1,715 1,402 76.6 22.5 78 87 13 25,795 67
Öbackastrand 1,418 1,180 65.8 33.0 78 83 17 28,161 72
Östermalm-Fridhem 1,342 1,099 69.3 30.0 73 84 16 24,627 69
Östteg 1,966 1,474 60.6 39.0 86 90 10 31,859 64
Source: SVT[4]

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Umeå Municipality is twinned with:

Vänortsparken in Umeå.

In Twin Towns' Park (Vänortsparken) is the artwork Tellus: it is a map of the world, with each sister city's location. Each sister city also has a designated themed area in the park.[5]

See also

  • Blue Highway, tourist route (Norway - Sweden - Finland - Russia)

References

  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 Umeå i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  5. ^ Facts about Vänortsparken (Swedish) Archived 2014-05-03 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 27 July 2014

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