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Sundsvall Municipality

Coordinates: 62°24′N 17°19′E / 62.400°N 17.317°E / 62.400; 17.317
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Sundsvall Municipality
Sundsvalls kommun
Sundsvall town hall
Sundsvall town hall
Coat of arms of Sundsvall Municipality
Coordinates: 62°24′N 17°19′E / 62.400°N 17.317°E / 62.400; 17.317
CountrySweden
CountyVästernorrland County
SeatSundsvall
Area
 • Total4,444.54 km2 (1,716.05 sq mi)
 • Land3,189.61 km2 (1,231.52 sq mi)
 • Water1,254.93 km2 (484.53 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total99,213
 • Density22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceMedelpad
Municipal code2281
Density is calculated using land area only.

Sundsvall Municipality (Swedish: Sundsvalls kommun) is a municipality in Västernorrland County, northern Sweden, where the city Sundsvall is the seat.

As most municipalities of Sweden, Sundsvalls kommun is a result of a series of amalgamations, carried out in 1952 and in the period 1965–1974. The number of original entities (existing in 1863) is thirteen.

Localities

Localities with more than 200 inhabitants include:

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Sundsvall Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]

Residents include everyone registered as living in the district, regardless of age or citizenship status. Valid voters indicate Swedish citizens above the age of 18 who therefore can vote in general elections. Left vote and right vote indicate the result between the two major blocs in said district in the 2022 general election. Employment indicates the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers. Foreign background is defined as residents either born abroad or with two parents born outside of Sweden. Median income is the received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor. The section about college graduates indicates any degree accumulated after high school.

In total there were 76,665 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[3] 53.6 % voted for the left coalition and 45.3 % for the right coalition.

Islands

International relations

[4]

Twin towns — Sister cities

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. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Sundsvall i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  4. ^ http://www.rst.sundsvall.se/download/18.12dc30da1188f9f6efc80001984/Sundsvalls+vänorter.pdf [dead link]