Piteå Municipality
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Piteå Municipality is a municipality
in Norrbotten County
in northern Sweden
. Its seat
is located in Piteå
.
(or urban areas) in Piteå Municipality:
The municipal seat in bold
:
Municipalities of Sweden
The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...
in Norrbotten County
Norrbotten County
Norrbotten County is the northernmost county or län of Sweden. It borders Västerbotten County to the southwest, the Gulf of Bothnia to the southeast. It also borders the counties of Nordland and Troms in Norway to the northwest, and Lapland Province in Finland to the northeast.The name...
in northern Sweden
Sweden
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. Its seat
Administrative centre
An administrative centre is a term often used in several countries to refer to a county town, or other seat of regional or local government, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located....
is located in Piteå
Piteå
Piteå is a locality and the seat of Piteå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. The town has 22,650 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 41,000 in 2008.- Geography :...
.
Localities
There are 14 localitiesUrban areas in Sweden
Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...
(or urban areas) in Piteå Municipality:
| # | Locality | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piteå Piteå Piteå is a locality and the seat of Piteå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. The town has 22,650 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 41,000 in 2008.- Geography :... |
22,650 |
| 2 | Bergsviken Bergsviken Bergsviken is a locality situated in Piteå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 2,317 inhabitants in 2005.... |
2,317 |
| 3 | Rosvik Rosvik Rosvik is a locality situated in Piteå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,766 inhabitants in 2005.... |
1,766 |
| 4 | Norrfjärden Norrfjärden Norrfjärden is a locality situated in Piteå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,423 inhabitants in 2005.... |
1,423 |
| 5 | Hortlax Hortlax Hortlax is a locality situated in Piteå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,247 inhabitants in 2005.... |
1,247 |
| 6 | Roknäs Roknäs Roknäs is a locality situated in Piteå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,242 inhabitants in 2005.... |
1,242 |
| 7 | Jävre Jävre Jävre is a locality situated in Piteå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 572 inhabitants in 2005.... |
572 |
| 8 | Lillpite Lillpite Lillpite is a locality situated in Piteå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 454 inhabitants in 2005.... |
454 |
| 9 | Böle | 418 |
| 10 | Hemmingsmark Hemmingsmark Hemmingsmark is a locality situated in Piteå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 398 inhabitants in 2005.... |
398 |
| 11 | Sjulsmark Sjulsmark Sjulsmark is a locality situated in Piteå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 369 inhabitants in 2005.... |
369 |
| 12 | Svensbyn Svensbyn Svensbyn is a locality situated in Piteå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 362 inhabitants in 2005.... |
362 |
| 13 | Blåsmark Blåsmark Blåsmark is a locality situated in Piteå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 332 inhabitants in 2005.... |
332 |
| 14 | Sikfors Sikfors Sikfors is a locality situated in Piteå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 211 inhabitants in 2005.... |
211 |
The municipal seat in bold
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Sister cities
Piteå Municipality has three sister citiesTown twinning
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:
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)
Notable natives
- Lina AnderssonLina AnderssonLina Andersson is a Swedish cross country skier who has competed since 1998. She won a gold medal in the Team sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and also finished 11th in the Individual sprint in those same games.Andersson also won three medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships...
, cross-country skierCross-country skiingCross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles... - Nicolai DungerNicolai DungerNicolai Dunger is a singer and acoustic songwriter from Piteå in Sweden. He has released twelve EPs and albums, singing primarily in English, and collaborated notably with Will Oldham, the Esbjörn Svensson jazz trio and Ebbot Lundberg. He also records under the alias A Taste of Ra...
, artistArtistAn artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only... - Nils EdénNils EdénNils Edén was a Swedish historian and liberal politician, Prime Minister of Sweden 1917–1920, and along with Hjalmar Branting acknowledged as co-architect of Sweden's transition from quasi-absolute monarchy to a parliamentary democracy with equal male and female suffrage.Edén was born in...
, politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making... - Tomas HolmströmTomas HolmströmTomas Holmström is a Swedish professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League , where he has won four Stanley Cup championships...
, ice hockey playerIce hockeyIce hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take... - Niklas JonssonNiklas JonssonNiklas Jonsson is a Swedish cross country skier who competed from 1990 to 2002. He won the silver medal in the 50 km at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano....
, cross-country skier - Liza MarklundLiza MarklundEva Elisabeth "Liza" Marklund is a Swedish journalist and crime writer. She was born in Pålmark near Piteå, Norrbotten. Her novels, most of which feature the fictional character Annika Bengtzon, a newspaper journalist, have been published in thirty languages...
, authorAuthorAn author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:... - Stefan Persson, ice hockey player
- Mikael RenbergMikael RenbergMikael Renberg is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player, last playing for Skellefteå AIK in Elitserien. He spent ten seasons in the National Hockey League and eight in the Swedish Elitserien.-Playing career:...
, ice hockey player - Daniel SolanderDaniel SolanderDaniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander was a Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Solander was the first university educated scientist to set foot on Australian soil.-Biography:...
, botanistBotanyBotany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses... - Mattias ÖhlundMattias ÖhlundMattias Öhlund is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman and an alternate captain of the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League . Prior to joining the Lightning, he played eleven seasons with the Vancouver Canucks...
, ice hockey player
External links
- Piteå Municipality - Official site