Piteå Municipality
Piteå Municipality (Piteå kommun; Piitimen kunta) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Piteå.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Piteå Municipality • Native Name — Piteå kommun • Settlement Type — Municipality • Shield Size — 120x80px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Sweden • Subdivision Type1 — County • Subdivision Name1 — Norrbotten County • Seat Type — Seat • Seat — Piteå • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Note — Area as of. • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone1 — CET • Utc Offset1 — +1 • Timezone1 Dst — CEST • Utc Offset1 Dst — +2 • Blank Name Sec1 — Province • Blank Info Sec1 — Norrbotten • Blank1 Name Sec1 — Municipal code • Blank1 Info Sec1 — 2581 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Iso Code — SE • Website — www.pitea.se
Localities
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
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. 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" | • 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
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
Notable natives
• Lina Andersson, cross-country skier • Christopher Jacob Boström, philosopher • Curt Boström, politician • Moki Cherry, artist • Nicolai Dunger, artist • Nils Edén, politician • Tomas Holmström, ice hockey player • Niklas Jonsson, cross-country skier • Liza Marklund, author • Peter Mattei, opera singer • Stefan Persson, ice hockey player • Mikael Renberg, ice hockey player • Daniel Solander, botanist • Mattias Öhlund, ice hockey player
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