Lycksele Municipality

The whole rural municipality Lycksele became a market town (köping) in 1929 and city in 1946. In 1971 it was amalgamated with Örträsk Municipality. Generally the northern municipalities, already sparsely populated, have population decreases, but various supporting projects also exist. For instance, a campus of Umeå University is situated here.

• Name — Lycksele Municipality • Native Name — Lycksele kommun • Type — Municipality • Shield Size — 120x80px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Sweden • Subdivision Type1 — County • Subdivision Name1 — Västerbotten County • Seat Type — Seat • Seat — Lycksele • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Note — Area as of. • Population Density Km2 — auto • Time Zone1 — CET • Utc Offset1 — +1 • Time Zone1 Dst — CEST • Utc Offset1 Dst — +2 • Custom Label Sec1 — Province • Custom Data Sec1 — Lapland • Custom Label1 Sec1 — Municipal code • Custom Data1 Sec1 — 2481 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Iso Code — SE • Website — www.lycksele.se

There are two localities (or urban areas) in Lycksele Municipality: • # — Locality — Population • 1 — Lycksele — 8,597 • 2 — Kristineberg — 331 The municipal seat in bold

This is a demographic table based on Lycksele 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 12,255 residents, including 9,233 Swedish citizens of voting age. 53.2% voted for the left coalition and 46.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. role="presentation" • Location • data-sort-type="number" | — data-sort-type="number" | — data-sort-type="number" | % — data-sort-type="number" | % — data-sort-type="number" | — data-sort-type="number" | — data-sort-type="number" | — data-sort-type="number" | — data-sort-type="number" | • Björksele — 795 — 571 — 52.0 — 47.3 — 82 — 85 — 15 — 23,272 — 29 • Forsdala — 1,757 — 1,300 — 48.1 — 51.6 — 89 — 91 — 9 — 27,840 — 37 • Kattisavan — 548 — 431 — 45.8 — 51.0 — 81 — 94 — 6 — 22,334 — 33 • Knaften — 874 — 696 — 47.4 — 52.1 — 87 — 96 — 4 — 24,064 — 31 • Lycksele — 2,186 — 1,627 — 54.2 — 44.9 — 77 — 76 — 24 — 20,700 — 27 • Norrmalm — 2,059 — 1,532 — 54.8 — 44.2 — 89 — 94 — 6 — 27,352 — 36 • Södermalm — 1,702 — 1,296 — 58.6 — 40.9 — 79 — 81 — 19 — 22,691 — 30 • Villaryd — 2,334 — 1,780 — 56.3 — 42.9 — 81 — 86 — 14 — 23,861 — 32 • Source: SVT

There is an airport just south of Lycksele, from which one can reach Stockholm in about 80 minutes. Previously, the railroad between Umeå and Storuman was the main means of transportation, but its significance has diminished and passenger traffic was discontinued. There are now daily buses to towns like Umeå, Storuman and Tärnaby. In August 2011, passenger train services between Lycksele and Umeå were re-established. The European route E12, also known as Blå vägen ("The Blue Road") winds along the Ume River and passes through Lycksele.

Lycksele Municipality has three sister cities: • Mosjøen, Norway • Ähtäri, Finland • Lovozero, Russia