Uppsala Municipality

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Uppsala Municipality
Uppsala kommun
Municipality
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Uppsala City Hall
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Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 59°52′N17°38′E / 59.867°N 17.633°E / 59.867; 17.633
Country Sweden
County Uppsala County
Seat Uppsala
Area
[1]
 • Total2,234.47 km2 (862.73 sq mi)
 • Land2,182.8 km2 (842.8 sq mi)
 • Water51.67 km2 (19.95 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2021) [2]
 • Total237,596
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Uppland
Municipal code 0380
Website www.uppsala.se

Uppsala Municipality (Uppsala kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Uppsala has a population of 211,411 (2016-06-30). Its seat is located in the university city of Uppsala.

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Uppsala Municipality was created through amalgamations taking place during the late sixties and the early seventies. There are about thirty original local government units combined in the present municipality. A split took place in 2003, when Knivsta Municipality was formed.

Towns and villages

By population:

Economy

Largest operating companies in Uppsala:

Government and politics

Historically, Uppsala Municipality has been a centre both of conservatism and liberalism, both receiving their ideological nourishment from the university. Today, however, the city is divided between left and right and has since 1994 been governed by a coalition of the Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Green Party until the 2006 elections  [ sv ] where the centre-right coalition Alliance for Sweden won not only the national elections but also the regional.

Distribution of the 81 seats in the municipal council after the 2010 election:

Results of the 2010 Swedish general election in Uppsala:

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

The municipality has the following twinnings [3]

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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 i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Mer om internationellt arbete" (in Swedish). Uppsala Municipality. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
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