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Luleå Municipality

Luleå kommun
Luleå town hall
Luleå town hall
Coat of arms of Luleå Municipality
Coat of arms
Luleå Municipality in Norrbotten County.png
Country Sweden
County Norrbotten County
Seat Luleå
Area
 • Total 4,997.62 km2 (1,929.59 sq mi)
 • Land 2,110.01 km2 (814.68 sq mi)
 • Water 2,887.61 km2 (1,114.91 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 73,832
 • Density 14.77343/km2 (38.26301/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

Lulea Kirche
Luleå

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

# Locality Population
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

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.

In total there were 78,846 residents, including 61,094 Swedish citizens of voting age. 56.9% voted for the left coalition and 42.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Sister cities

Luleå Municipality has five sister cities:

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