Luleå Municipality

Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden

Luleå Municipality

Luleå kommun

Municipality

Luleå town hall

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 65°35′N 22°09′E﻿ / ﻿65.583°N 22.150°E﻿ / 65.583; 22.150
Country| Sweden
County| Norrbotten County
Seat| Luleå
Area

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• Total| 4,953.75 km2 (1,912.65 sq mi)
• Land| 2,094.18 km2 (808.57 sq mi)
• Water| 2,859.57 km2 (1,104.09 sq mi)
| Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population

(31 December 2023)[2]

• Total| 79,352
• Density| 16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code| SE
Province| Norrbotten
Municipal code| 2580
Website| www.lulea.se

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.

## Localities

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Luleå

There are 18 localities (or urban areas) in Luleå Municipality:[3]

# | Locality | Population

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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

## Demographics

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This is a demographic table based on Luleå Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[4]

In total there were 78,846 residents, including 61,094 Swedish citizens of voting age.[4] 56.9% voted for the left coalition and 42.0% 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

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Alvik-Ersnäs  | 2,070  | 1,526  | 53.3  | 45.4  | 88  | 93  | 7  | 28,510  | 41
Antnäs-Måttsund  | 1,878  | 1,386  | 52.1  | 46.7  | 90  | 94  | 6  | 30,628  | 50
Avan-Bälinge  | 1,509  | 1,178  | 49.5  | 49.4  | 89  | 94  | 6  | 28,165  | 41
Bensbyn-Brändön  | 1,931  | 1,437  | 47.1  | 52.1  | 90  | 94  | 6  | 31,492  | 51
Bergstaden  | 1,587  | 1,126  | 60.4  | 38.3  | 76  | 75  | 25  | 23,619  | 37
Bergviken  | 1,138  | 986  | 61.6  | 37.9  | 79  | 89  | 11  | 25,419  | 58
Björkskatan N  | 2,015  | 1,490  | 62.4  | 36.7  | 82  | 87  | 13  | 28,697  | 59
Björkskatan S  | 1,402  | 1,081  | 60.5  | 38.9  | 83  | 86  | 14  | 27,664  | 60
Bredviken-Lerbäcken  | 1,973  | 1,430  | 59.4  | 40.2  | 88  | 90  | 10  | 31,125  | 56
Burströmska  | 1,480  | 1,232  | 64.5  | 34.6  | 83  | 90  | 10  | 27,798  | 52
G:a Bergnäset-Kallax  | 1,419  | 1,125  | 51.7  | 48.2  | 83  | 93  | 7  | 31,108  | 48
Gammelstad  | 1,399  | 1,076  | 62.9  | 36.5  | 86  | 94  | 6  | 30,712  | 59
Gültsauudden-N Hamn  | 1,201  | 1,024  | 59.2  | 40.2  | 78  | 88  | 12  | 27,389  | 50
Hammaren  | 1,883  | 1,355  | 60.8  | 38.8  | 89  | 92  | 8  | 33,384  | 59
Hertsöcentrum  | 1,931  | 1,377  | 66.3  | 32.7  | 76  | 73  | 27  | 23,614  | 31
Hertsölund  | 1,761  | 1,207  | 61.3  | 36.9  | 76  | 75  | 25  | 24,017  | 34
Hertsöängar  | 2,040  | 1,505  | 54.6  | 44.5  | 78  | 77  | 23  | 24,582  | 32
Hällbacken  | 1,174  | 711  | 48.4  | 51.1  | 93  | 91  | 9  | 33,673  | 67
Jämtön-Vitå  | 865  | 701  | 55.2  | 44.3  | 88  | 94  | 6  | 24,743  | 32
Kallkällan  | 1,616  | 1,300  | 60.8  | 37.7  | 79  | 83  | 17  | 25,042  | 40
Klintbacken  | 1,106  | 874  | 58.4  | 40.8  | 62  | 83  | 17  | 21,152  | 58
Kronan  | 2,172  | 1,776  | 55.8  | 43.6  | 88  | 87  | 13  | 33,787  | 66
Kulturens hus  | 1,518  | 1,358  | 55.0  | 43.7  | 82  | 90  | 10  | 28,171  | 49
Köpmantorget  | 1,391  | 1,239  | 59.3  | 40.4  | 83  | 88  | 12  | 26,851  | 47
Lillporsön  | 1,538  | 1,152  | 55.6  | 41.5  | 54  | 66  | 34  | 8,942  | 65
Lulsundet  | 1,762  | 1,277  | 61.7  | 37.4  | 76  | 86  | 14  | 28,921  | 66
Malmudden  | 1,013  | 966  | 63.0  | 35.9  | 75  | 82  | 18  | 23,664  | 41
Mjölkudden  | 1,639  | 1,304  | 63.4  | 35.6  | 81  | 86  | 14  | 26,723  | 49
Munkeberg  | 2,039  | 1,621  | 56.8  | 42.0  | 82  | 85  | 15  | 26,898  | 54
Niemisel-Prästholm  | 966  | 797  | 42.9  | 55.1  | 86  | 92  | 8  | 23,236  | 24
Norra Örnäset  | 1,481  | 1,217  | 63.9  | 34.4  | 78  | 77  | 23  | 22,947  | 39
Notviken  | 2,600  | 1,728  | 56.3  | 42.2  | 76  | 70  | 30  | 25,128  | 40
Persön  | 1,723  | 1,323  | 42.0  | 55.4  | 86  | 93  | 7  | 28,480  | 38
Porsöberget  | 1,261  | 918  | 59.4  | 39.0  | 87  | 82  | 18  | 31,210  | 65
Porsöudden  | 1,193  | 818  | 60.4  | 37.5  | 66  | 68  | 32  | 20,028  | 44
Rutvik  | 1,263  | 866  | 51.9  | 47.5  | 90  | 94  | 6  | 31,617  | 49
Råneå  | 2,152  | 1,708  | 48.9  | 50.2  | 81  | 86  | 14  | 23,282  | 29
Skurholmen  | 1,900  | 1,485  | 61.3  | 37.5  | 82  | 86  | 14  | 26,384  | 45
Stadsparken  | 1,639  | 1,487  | 58.1  | 41.1  | 81  | 87  | 13  | 26,478  | 53
Stadsön  | 2,324  | 1,794  | 59.6  | 39.1  | 81  | 86  | 14  | 25,782  | 45
Sunderbyn  | 1,601  | 1,104  | 55.5  | 42.7  | 88  | 92  | 8  | 32,837  | 57
Svartöstan-Lövskatan  | 1,584  | 1,283  | 59.9  | 39.3  | 84  | 89  | 11  | 27,583  | 45
Södra hamn  | 1,738  | 1,583  | 58.4  | 41.4  | 84  | 90  | 10  | 28,349  | 52
Södra Örnäset  | 1,467  | 1,184  | 60.6  | 37.6  | 73  | 73  | 27  | 22,653  | 28
Trollstaden  | 1,662  | 1,211  | 53.8  | 45.8  | 91  | 94  | 6  | 34,703  | 66
Universitetet  | 1,856  | 1,485  | 42.8  | 54.1  | 26  | 70  | 30  | 4,126  | 79
Varvet  | 1,248  | 1,120  | 55.6  | 44.1  | 81  | 88  | 12  | 25,886  | 50
Öhemmanet-Karlsvik  | 1,451  | 1,083  | 60.7  | 38.4  | 85  | 91  | 9  | 30,674  | 52
Östermalm  | 1,287  | 1,080  | 63.2  | 35.6  | 82  | 88  | 12  | 26,536  | 54
Source: SVT[4]

## Sister cities

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Luleå Municipality has five sister cities:[5]

* Tromsø, Norway
* Kemi, Finland
* Santa Lucía de Tirajana, Spain
* Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua

## See also

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* Hertsön (district)
* List of islands of the Luleå archipelago

## References

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1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
3. ^ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
4. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Luleå i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
5. ^ Official site (in Swedish)

## External links

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