Piteå Municipality

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Piteå Municipality
Piteå kommun
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Pitea Municipality in Norrbotten County.png
Coordinates: 65°20′N21°30′E / 65.333°N 21.500°E / 65.333; 21.500
CountrySweden
County Norrbotten County
Seat Piteå
Area
[1]
  Total
4,680.52 km2 (1,807.16 sq mi)
  Land3,086.95 km2 (1,191.88 sq mi)
  Water1,593.57 km2 (615.28 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023) [2]
  Total
42,344
  Density9.0/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.

Contents

Localities

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

#LocalityPopulation
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.

Twin towns – sister cities

Piteå is twinned with: [5]

Notable natives

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References

  1. "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.
  2. "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  3. Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
  4. 1 2 3 "Valresultat 2022 för Piteå i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  5. "Vänorter". pitea.se (in Swedish). Piteå kommun. Retrieved 29 April 2021.