Piteå Municipality
Piteå Municipality Piteå kommun | ||
---|---|---|
Municipality | ||
| ||
| ||
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 2017)[2] | ||
• Total | 42,184 | |
• 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) 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
Sister cities
Piteå Municipality has three sister cities:[4]
Grindavík, Iceland Kandalaksha, Russia Saint Barthélemy (an overseas collectivity of 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
See also
References
- ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2017" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ↑ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
- ↑ Official site Archived 20 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. (in Swedish)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piteå Municipality. |
- Piteå Municipality – Official site
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.