Luleå Municipality

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Luleå kommun
Luleå vapen.svg
Coat of arms
County Norrbotten County
Province Norrbotten
Seat Luleå
Lulea Municipality in Norrbotten County.png
Population
 • Total
26th of 290
73,406 inhabitants[1]
Area
 • Total area
 • Land area
 • Water area
41st of 290
2,250.04 km² (868.75 sq mi)[2]
2,110.01 km² (814.68 sq mi)[2]
140.03 km² (54.07 sq mi)[2]
Density
 • Total
120th of 290
34.79 inh/km² (90.10 inh/sq mi)
Municipal code 2580[3]
Website www.lulea.se
Density is calculated using land area only

Luleå Municipality (Swedish: Luleå kommun) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Luleå, which is also the county seat of Norrbotten County.

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[edit] Localities

There are 18 localities (or urban areas) in Luleå Municipality:[4]

# Locality Population
1 Luleå 45,467
2 Gammelstaden 4,892
3 Bergnäset 3,674
4 Södra Sunderbyn 2,875
5 Råneå 2,030
6 Antnäs 845
7 Alvik 771
8 Rutvik 759
9 Måttsund 587
10 Bensbyn 434
11 Bälinge 317
12 Ersnäs 299
13 Kallax 291
14 Karlsvik 270
15 Klöverträsk 260
16 Jämtön 236
17 Brändön 233
18 Persön 226

The municipal seat in bold

[edit] Sister cities

Luleå Municipality has five sister cities:[5]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2008
  2. ^ a b c Statistics Sweden as of January 1, 2009
  3. ^ Statistics Sweden as of January 1, 2009
  4. ^ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
  5. ^ Official site (Swedish)

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 65°35′N 22°09′E / 65.583°N 22.15°E / 65.583; 22.15