Piteå Municipality
Piteå kommun | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 65°20′N 21°30′E / 65.333°N 21.500°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Norrbotten County |
| Seat | Piteå |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,680.52 km2 (1,807.16 sq mi) |
| • Land | 3,086.95 km2 (1,191.88 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1,593.57 km2 (615.28 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023) | |
• Total | 42,344 |
| • Density | 9.0/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.
Localities
There are 14 localities (or urban areas) in Piteå Municipality:
| # | 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
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.
In total there were 42,282 residents, including 33,405 Swedish citizens of voting age. 63.9% voted for the left coalition and 35.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Backen Annelund | 1,891 | 1,444 | 66.1 | 33.3 | 86 | 90 | 10 | 27,146 | 39 |
| Backen Källbo | 1,824 | 1,603 | 64.9 | 33.9 | 84 | 89 | 11 | 23,899 | 37 |
| Bergsviken V | 1,417 | 1,078 | 65.5 | 33.7 | 88 | 95 | 5 | 29,339 | 39 |
| Bergsviken Ö | 1,138 | 910 | 64.4 | 34.8 | 88 | 96 | 4 | 29,878 | 44 |
| Blåsmark | 968 | 727 | 70.2 | 29.3 | 89 | 96 | 4 | 27,716 | 33 |
| Djupviken N | 2,046 | 1,608 | 66.7 | 32.2 | 71 | 88 | 12 | 23,353 | 49 |
| Djupviken S | 1,804 | 1,358 | 65.8 | 33.6 | 87 | 92 | 8 | 30,681 | 50 |
| Hortlax | 2,002 | 1,507 | 61.1 | 38.0 | 90 | 96 | 4 | 28,773 | 39 |
| Häggholmen V | 1,783 | 1,583 | 68.9 | 30.2 | 77 | 88 | 12 | 21,053 | 31 |
| Häggholmen Ö | 1,613 | 1,499 | 76.8 | 22.0 | 65 | 88 | 12 | 18,462 | 31 |
| Jävre | 1,026 | 807 | 64.7 | 34.3 | 88 | 95 | 5 | 27,839 | 39 |
| Klubbgärdet | 1,466 | 1,167 | 59.8 | 38.8 | 84 | 92 | 8 | 28,845 | 39 |
| Munksund N | 1,675 | 1,331 | 65.6 | 34.0 | 81 | 93 | 7 | 26,146 | 37 |
| Munksund S | 1,596 | 1,289 | 60.1 | 39.0 | 87 | 92 | 8 | 29,291 | 35 |
| Norrmalm | 849 | 746 | 68.4 | 30.6 | 81 | 91 | 9 | 24,826 | 39 |
| Pitholm | 1,705 | 1,352 | 66.4 | 32.6 | 86 | 93 | 7 | 31,032 | 47 |
| Porsnäs V | 1,199 | 879 | 61.5 | 36.9 | 86 | 92 | 8 | 25,800 | 36 |
| Porsnäs Ö | 1,301 | 1,029 | 62.5 | 36.2 | 91 | 97 | 3 | 29,044 | 44 |
| Roknäs Lillpite | 1,734 | 1,416 | 60.1 | 38.1 | 82 | 94 | 6 | 24,998 | 27 |
| Rosvik | 2,161 | 1,592 | 55.3 | 43.9 | 85 | 90 | 10 | 26,408 | 36 |
| Sjulnäs Böle | 1,772 | 1,313 | 63.1 | 35.0 | 90 | 97 | 3 | 29,512 | 34 |
| Sjulsmark | 1,759 | 1,372 | 57.0 | 40.8 | 85 | 95 | 5 | 26,567 | 32 |
| Strömnäs | 1,620 | 1,241 | 60.7 | 38.6 | 84 | 90 | 10 | 29,709 | 51 |
| Svensbyn | 938 | 738 | 66.8 | 32.9 | 86 | 97 | 3 | 29,726 | 37 |
| Öjebyn C | 1,263 | 912 | 66.4 | 32.2 | 68 | 85 | 15 | 22,030 | 26 |
| Öjebyn N | 1,948 | 1,479 | 64.3 | 34.7 | 76 | 87 | 13 | 23,049 | 30 |
| Öjebyn S | 1,784 | 1,425 | 66.3 | 32.8 | 77 | 90 | 10 | 25,039 | 28 |
| Source: SVT | |||||||||
Twin towns – sister cities
Piteå is twinned with:
- Grindavík, Iceland
- Kandalaksha, Russia (Paused due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine)
- Saint Barthélemy, France
Notable natives
- Lina Andersson, cross-country skier
- Nicolai Dunger, artist
- Nils Edén, politician
- Tomas Holmström, ice hockey player
- Niklas Jonsson, cross-country skier
- Liza Marklund, author
- Stefan Persson, ice hockey player
- Mikael Renberg, ice hockey player
- Daniel Solander, botanist
- Mattias Öhlund, ice hockey player
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
- ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Piteå i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Vänorter". pitea.se (in Swedish). Piteå kommun. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piteå Municipality.
- Piteå Municipality – Official site
