Piteå Municipality (Swedish: Piteå kommun; Finnish: Piitimen kunta) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Piteå.
Piteå Municipality
Piteå kommun | |
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Coordinates: 65°20′N 21°30′E / 65.333°N 21.500°E | |
Country | Sweden |
County | Norrbotten County |
Seat | Piteå |
Area | |
• 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 |
Localities
editThere 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
editThis 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 | 86 | 90 | 10 | 27,146 | 39 |
Backen Källbo | 1,824 | 1,603 | 64.9 | 33.9 | 84 | 89 | 11 | 23,899 | 37 |
Bergsviken V | 1,417 | 1,078 | 65.5 | 33.7 | 88 | 95 | 5 | 29,339 | 39 |
Bergsviken Ö | 1,138 | 910 | 64.4 | 34.8 | 88 | 96 | 4 | 29,878 | 44 |
Blåsmark | 968 | 727 | 70.2 | 29.3 | 89 | 96 | 4 | 27,716 | 33 |
Djupviken N | 2,046 | 1,608 | 66.7 | 32.2 | 71 | 88 | 12 | 23,353 | 49 |
Djupviken S | 1,804 | 1,358 | 65.8 | 33.6 | 87 | 92 | 8 | 30,681 | 50 |
Hortlax | 2,002 | 1,507 | 61.1 | 38.0 | 90 | 96 | 4 | 28,773 | 39 |
Häggholmen V | 1,783 | 1,583 | 68.9 | 30.2 | 77 | 88 | 12 | 21,053 | 31 |
Häggholmen Ö | 1,613 | 1,499 | 76.8 | 22.0 | 65 | 88 | 12 | 18,462 | 31 |
Jävre | 1,026 | 807 | 64.7 | 34.3 | 88 | 95 | 5 | 27,839 | 39 |
Klubbgärdet | 1,466 | 1,167 | 59.8 | 38.8 | 84 | 92 | 8 | 28,845 | 39 |
Munksund N | 1,675 | 1,331 | 65.6 | 34.0 | 81 | 93 | 7 | 26,146 | 37 |
Munksund S | 1,596 | 1,289 | 60.1 | 39.0 | 87 | 92 | 8 | 29,291 | 35 |
Norrmalm | 849 | 746 | 68.4 | 30.6 | 81 | 91 | 9 | 24,826 | 39 |
Pitholm | 1,705 | 1,352 | 66.4 | 32.6 | 86 | 93 | 7 | 31,032 | 47 |
Porsnäs V | 1,199 | 879 | 61.5 | 36.9 | 86 | 92 | 8 | 25,800 | 36 |
Porsnäs Ö | 1,301 | 1,029 | 62.5 | 36.2 | 91 | 97 | 3 | 29,044 | 44 |
Roknäs Lillpite | 1,734 | 1,416 | 60.1 | 38.1 | 82 | 94 | 6 | 24,998 | 27 |
Rosvik | 2,161 | 1,592 | 55.3 | 43.9 | 85 | 90 | 10 | 26,408 | 36 |
Sjulnäs Böle | 1,772 | 1,313 | 63.1 | 35.0 | 90 | 97 | 3 | 29,512 | 34 |
Sjulsmark | 1,759 | 1,372 | 57.0 | 40.8 | 85 | 95 | 5 | 26,567 | 32 |
Strömnäs | 1,620 | 1,241 | 60.7 | 38.6 | 84 | 90 | 10 | 29,709 | 51 |
Svensbyn | 938 | 738 | 66.8 | 32.9 | 86 | 97 | 3 | 29,726 | 37 |
Öjebyn C | 1,263 | 912 | 66.4 | 32.2 | 68 | 85 | 15 | 22,030 | 26 |
Öjebyn N | 1,948 | 1,479 | 64.3 | 34.7 | 76 | 87 | 13 | 23,049 | 30 |
Öjebyn S | 1,784 | 1,425 | 66.3 | 32.8 | 77 | 90 | 10 | 25,039 | 28 |
Source: SVT[4] |
Twin towns – sister cities
editGrindavík, Iceland
Kandalaksha, Russia
Saint Barthélemy, France
Notable natives
edit- 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
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Piteå Municipality.
- Piteå Municipality – Official site