Piteå Municipality

Coordinates: 65°20′N 21°30′E / 65.333°N 21.500°E / 65.333; 21.500
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Piteå Municipality
Piteå kommun
Coat of arms of Piteå Municipality
Coordinates: 65°20′N 21°30′E / 65.333°N 21.500°E / 65.333; 21.500
CountrySweden
CountyNorrbotten County
SeatPiteå
Area
 • Total4,680.52 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]
 • Total42,344
 • Density9.0/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceNorrbotten
Municipal code2581
Websitewww.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.

Localities[edit]

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

Demographics[edit]

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[edit]

Piteå is twinned with:[5]

Notable natives[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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. ^ a b c "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.

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