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Vännäs Municipality

Vännäs kommun
Vannas Railway Station
Vannas Railway Station
Coat of arms of Vännäs Municipality
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Vännäs Municipality in Västerbotten County.png
Country Sweden
County Västerbotten County
Seat Vännäs
Area
 • Total 557.75 km2 (215.35 sq mi)
 • Land 533.18 km2 (205.86 sq mi)
 • Water 24.57 km2 (9.49 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 8,405
 • Density 15.0695/km2 (39.0298/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Västerbotten
Municipal code 2460
Website www.vannas.se

Vännäs Municipality (Swedish: Vännäs kommun) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Vännäs.

History

In 1928 the locality Vännäs was detached from the rural municipality with the same name, forming the market town (köping) of Vännäs. The two entities were reunited in 1971. In 1974 Bjurholm Municipality was added. A split took place in 1980 when Bjurholm Municipality was re-established.

Geography

The municipality is located just west of Umeå Municipality, where Umeå is the seat, with about 110,000 inhabitants, and it is part of the Umeå region. This is evident considering that the municipality has 1,500 people commuting to Umeå Municipality and about 400 commuters from Umeå Municipality. Its neighbouring municipalities Vindeln Municipality, Bjurholm Municipality and Nordmaling Municipality only receive a total of about 100 commuters from Vännäs Municipality and Vännäs Municipality receives a total of 200 commuters from them.

Localities

There are two localities (or urban areas) in Vännäs Municipality:

# Locality Population
1 Vännäs 4,486
2 Vännäsby 1,644

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Vännäs 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 9,042 residents, including 6,699 Swedish citizens of voting age. 58.2% voted for the left coalition and 40.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

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