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Östhammar Municipality

Östhammars kommun
Öregrund 2004, aerial photograph.jpg
Coat of arms of Östhammar Municipality
Coat of arms
Östhammar Municipality in Uppsala County.png
Country Sweden
County Uppsala County
Seat Östhammar
Area
 • Total 3,508.36 km2 (1,354.59 sq mi)
 • Land 1,471.61 km2 (568.19 sq mi)
 • Water 2,036.75 km2 (786.39 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 21,389
 • Density 6.09658/km2 (15.7901/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Uppland
Municipal code 0382
Website www.osthammar.se

Östhammar Municipality (Östhammars kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Östhammar.

The present municipality was created during the local government reform in the late sixties and early seventies. Already in 1967 the City of Öregrund joined the City of Östhammar in a common municipality. It was the first time a former city joined another local government unit. By 1971 the new combined city became a municipality of unitary type and in 1974 more units were added.

In June 2018 the municipal council voted in favour of the building of Forsmark nuclear waste repository, with the final decision needing to be made by the Swedish government.

Localities

All towns with over 200 inhabitants in 2000, from Statistics Sweden.

Another notable village is Forsmark (pop. 59), where the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant is situated.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Östhammar 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 17,497 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality. 42.1% voted for the left coalition and 56.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Climate

Österbybruk has a humid continental climate that is quite mild throughout the year, especially considering its northerly latitude.

Climate data for Österbybruk, 2002-2015 (precipitation 1961-1990)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 10.0
(50.0)
11.9
(53.4)
17.7
(63.9)
27.4
(81.3)
28.6
(83.5)
30.6
(87.1)
34.4
(93.9)
32.8
(91.0)
27.6
(81.7)
20.6
(69.1)
14.4
(57.9)
12.6
(54.7)
34.4
(93.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −0.5
(31.1)
0.2
(32.4)
4.4
(39.9)
10.9
(51.6)
15.9
(60.6)
19.7
(67.5)
23.0
(73.4)
21.6
(70.9)
16.6
(61.9)
9.4
(48.9)
4.4
(39.9)
1.1
(34.0)
10.5
(50.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) −3.5
(25.7)
−3.1
(26.4)
−0.1
(31.8)
5.3
(41.5)
10.0
(50.0)
14.4
(57.9)
17.3
(63.1)
16.0
(60.8)
11.5
(52.7)
5.7
(42.3)
1.9
(35.4)
−1.7
(28.9)
6.1
(43.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −6.6
(20.1)
−6.5
(20.3)
−4.6
(23.7)
−0.2
(31.6)
4.2
(39.6)
8.1
(46.6)
11.6
(52.9)
10.5
(50.9)
6.4
(43.5)
2.0
(35.6)
−0.6
(30.9)
−4.4
(24.1)
1.6
(34.9)
Record low °C (°F) −34.0
(−29.2)
−30.4
(−22.7)
−27.3
(−17.1)
−13.8
(7.2)
−5.6
(21.9)
−2.0
(28.4)
1.0
(33.8)
−1.0
(30.2)
−4.7
(23.5)
−15.6
(3.9)
−20.9
(−5.6)
−32.4
(−26.3)
−34.0
(−29.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 46.5
(1.83)
32.5
(1.28)
33.2
(1.31)
35.0
(1.38)
31.7
(1.25)
38.8
(1.53)
74.6
(2.94)
73.8
(2.91)
58.9
(2.32)
55.1
(2.17)
62.0
(2.44)
51.6
(2.03)
593.6
(23.37)
Source 1: SMHI
Source 2: SMHI Monthly Data 2002-2015
Climate data for Films Kyrkby, 1961-2018 (precipitation 1961-1990)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −1.3
(29.7)
−1.2
(29.8)
2.6
(36.7)
9.0
(48.2)
15.4
(59.7)
20.0
(68.0)
21.7
(71.1)
19.9
(67.8)
15.1
(59.2)
9.6
(49.3)
3.3
(37.9)
−0.4
(31.3)
9.8
(49.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) −4.8
(23.4)
−4.7
(23.5)
−2.0
(28.4)
3.4
(38.1)
9.5
(49.1)
14.2
(57.6)
15.9
(60.6)
14.3
(57.7)
10.1
(50.2)
5.9
(42.6)
0.8
(33.4)
−3.1
(26.4)
5.0
(41.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −8.3
(17.1)
−8.4
(16.9)
−6.4
(20.5)
−1.8
(28.8)
4.1
(39.4)
8.4
(47.1)
10.1
(50.2)
9.8
(49.6)
5.0
(41.0)
2.2
(36.0)
−1.7
(28.9)
−5.8
(21.6)
0.2
(32.4)
Source 1: SMHI
Source 2: SMHI Monthly Data 2002-2015
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