Bjurholm Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

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 in Västerbotten County

Västerbotten County

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 in northern Sweden

Sweden

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. Its seat

Administrative centre

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 is located in Bjurholm

Bjurholm

Bjurholm is a locality and seat of Bjurholm Municipality in Västerbotten County Sweden with 987 inhabitants in 2005. It is the second smallest municipal seat in Sweden and the seat of the least populated municipality in the country. A tourist attraction in the region is Älgens Hus .- References :...

.

The present municipality has the same territory as the one instituted in 1863, when the municipal system was implemented in Sweden. Between 1974 and 1983 it was, however, part of Vännäs Municipality

Vännäs Municipality

Vännäs Municipality 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 of Vännäs. The two entities were reunited in 1971. In 1974...

. The split in 1983 made Bjurholm the least populated of all Swedish municipalities, and the population is still decreasing.

Locality

There is only one locality

Urban areas in Sweden

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 (or urban area) in Bjurholm Municipality:

#	Locality	Population
1	Bjurholm Bjurholm Bjurholm is a locality and seat of Bjurholm Municipality in Västerbotten County Sweden with 987 inhabitants in 2005. It is the second smallest municipal seat in Sweden and the seat of the least populated municipality in the country. A tourist attraction in the region is Älgens Hus .- References :...	987

Sister cities

Bjurholm Municipality has two sister cities

Town twinning

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:

• Bardu
  Bardu
  Bardu is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Setermoen, the largest urban area in the municipality.Norway's largest military garrison is located at Setermoen...
  
  , Norway
  Norway
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• Kuivaniemi
  Kuivaniemi
  Kuivaniemi is a former municipality of Finland.It was located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 1,977 on 31 December 2006 and covered a land area of on 1 January 2006...
  
  , Finland
  Finland
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External links

• Bjurholm Municipality - Official site