Umeå Municipality (; Ume Sámi: Upmejen tjïelte or Ubmejen kommuvdna; Meänkieli and Finnish: Uumajan kunta) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is Umeå, which is also the county seat of Västerbotten County.

Administration

The municipality is an administrative entity defined by geographical borders, consisting of Umeå and a large area around it. The present municipality consists of many former local government units joined in a series of municipal reforms carried out between 1952 and 1974.

A 65-member municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige) is elected by proportional representation for a four-year term. The assembly appoints the 9-member executive committee (kommunstyrelsen) and the 7 governing commissioners. The executive committee and the commissioners are headed by the chairman (kommunstyrelsens ordförande), since 1996 Social Democrat Lennart Holmlund (b. 1946). Since the 2010 municipal election the municipality is headed by a Social Democratic-Left Party coalition a single seat short of absolute majority. Of the eight parties represented in the Riksdag since 2010, all but the Sweden Democrats are found in the assembly, as well as the breakaway Socialist Justice Party headed by former Social Democrat Jan Hägglund (holding its only seat), renamed the Workers' Party in 2011.

Localities There are 20 localities (or urban areas) in Umeå Municipality:Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005

# Locality Population 1 Umeå 75,645 2 Holmsund 5,482 3 Sävar 2,672 4 Hörnefors 2,573 5 Röbäck 2,300 6 Obbola 2,175 7 Ersmark 1,486 8 Täfteå 1,029 9 Tomtebo 633 10 Innertavle 549 11 Stöcke 477 12 Hissjön 447 13 Sörfors 397 14 Bullmark 343 15 Flurkmark 302 16 Tavelsjö 247 17 Sörmjöle 231 18 Västibyn 219 19 Botsmark 209 20 Stöcksjö 205

The municipal seat in bold

Other villages: Brännland Gravmark Gunnismark

Demographics This is a demographic table based on Umeå 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 130,881 residents, including 99,226 Swedish citizens of voting age. 65.9% voted for the left coalition and 32.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. Umeå was the strongest municipality in Sweden for the left coalition, with a 33-point margin of advantage.

Location % % Backen 1,314 1,046 65.7 33.8 85 93 7 26,144 60Berghem N 2,218 1,685 71.4 27.4 71 84 16 25,876 76Berghem S 1,237 1,035 75.4 23.7 68 83 17 21,671 75Brinkvägen 1,322 1,180 61.0 38.0 80 89 11 24,094 58Brännland 2,564 1,856 56.6 42.6 88 94 6 30,227 50Bullmark 1,309 1,010 54.1 45.1 85 94 6 25,906 34Böleå 1,796 1,650 58.7 40.5 82 92 8 25,203 46Böleäng V 2,332 1,665 63.0 35.8 86 89 11 30,118 51Böleäng Ö 1,680 1,257 63.6 35.6 85 88 12 28,486 53Carlshem V 2,621 1,974 72.7 25.9 71 78 22 24,178 68Carlshem Ö 1,584 1,149 73.1 25.6 68 74 26 22,804 64Centrum 1,260 1,185 63.8 35.8 75 84 16 24,977 56Centrum V 1,898 1,647 65.5 33.4 81 88 12 26,064 56Centrum Ö 1,747 1,455 68.4 30.4 78 87 13 25,500 68Dragonfältet 1,190 1,101 61.8 37.4 86 90 10 28,262 60Ersboda M 2,182 1,585 72.2 25.9 73 70 30 22,911 41Ersboda N 2,392 1,531 71.9 26.0 70 55 45 21,647 36Ersboda V 2,302 1,708 69.6 29.4 78 78 22 25,511 48Ersboda Ö 1,160 816 68.7 29.4 79 68 32 25,641 45Ersmark 1,829 1,270 58.5 41.0 91 94 6 33,672 62Grubbe N 1,676 1,298 59.6 39.6 83 93 7 29,367 56Grubbe S 2,045 1,622 65.9 33.4 84 92 8 29,251 61Haga N 1,534 1,348 69.3 29.8 77 90 10 24,702 63Haga S 1,587 1,342 68.2 30.6 80 88 12 27,717 62Haga Ö 1,574 1,333 69.1 29.7 77 88 12 24,461 64Hissjö 1,358 1,033 55.0 44.6 91 95 5 29,640 47Holmsund S 2,419 1,762 61.9 37.6 90 92 8 30,332 55Holmsund V 2,047 1,508 63.6 35.0 76 84 16 23,301 40Holmsund Ö 2,044 1,452 66.1 33.2 86 88 12 28,143 53Hörnefors V 1,969 1,544 56.9 42.3 84 93 7 24,929 36Hörnefors Ö 1,321 1,022 65.9 32.4 89 96 4 27,560 43Innertavle-Tavleliden 2,376 1,485 65.8 33.6 91 89 11 34,467 69Kronoparken 1,724 1,360 65.2 33.8 85 92 8 27,696 52Marieberg 1,966 1,382 70.6 28.3 80 83 17 27,365 58Mariedal 1,578 1,271 70.4 28.3 87 90 10 27,762 65Mariehem 1,922 1,410 75.5 23.3 79 78 22 26,711 67Mariehemshöjd 1,988 1,365 70.2 27.0 69 61 39 20,284 49Mariestrand Olovsdal 2,303 1,976 66.2 32.9 61 78 22 18,838 67Nydalahöjd 1,662 1,321 73.4 25.0 48 71 29 7,859 77Obbola 2,851 2,132 63.4 36.1 87 90 10 28,808 46Röbäck V-Skravelsjö 1,585 1,114 62.9 36.6 84 89 11 29,286 44Röbäck Ö-Klabböle 1,463 1,026 57.8 41.4 90 93 7 31,829 57Sandabrånet 2,138 1,732 70.7 27.2 79 88 12 25,377 60Sandbacka 1,702 1,337 72.0 26.6 82 90 10 28,348 59Sandåkern 1,384 1,246 59.8 38.9 85 91 9 27,386 53Sofiehem 1,638 1,207 72.5 26.2 80 84 16 27,818 72Stöcke 1,480 1,046 54.7 45.1 89 94 6 31,048 50Stöcksjö-Degernäs 1,507 1,047 54.3 44.8 92 92 8 32,141 50Sävar V 1,869 1,354 64.0 35.8 87 94 6 28,162 49Sävar Ö 2,157 1,547 64.5 34.9 90 95 5 29,111 53Södra Teg 1,057 856 57.4 41.4 81 88 12 24,556 41Sörmjöle-Norrmjöle 1,445 1,198 59.2 40.4 89 94 6 29,278 49Tavelsjö 2,426 1,828 55.4 43.6 90 96 4 28,890 41Tomtebo 1,890 1,270 75.7 23.2 76 76 24 25,194 67Tomtebo N 2,409 1,714 67.3 31.7 70 78 22 24,043 73Tomtebo S 1,754 1,237 73.4 25.7 84 83 17 30,102 72Täfteå 1,754 1,219 62.7 36.2 89 95 5 33,106 60Umedalen V 2,335 1,598 65.3 33.4 81 84 16 28,092 56Umedalen Ö 1,712 1,208 68.4 28.6 78 80 20 24,919 46Universitetsområdet 2,232 1,813 68.4 30.5 39 69 31 6,214 77Universitetsom. Ö 1,707 1,461 75.0 22.9 58 77 23 14,467 69Västerslätt 1,918 1,463 66.3 33.3 87 93 7 29,968 57Västteg 1,669 1,486 60.5 38.8 83 92 8 27,339 51Ytterhiske 1,247 1,060 66.1 32.4 80 88 12 25,077 52Yttersjö 1,708 1,207 59.8 39.2 91 95 5 30,333 47Ålidhem S 1,993 1,378 76.8 20.9 65 60 40 18,647 59Ålidhem V 1,965 1,199 71.8 25.7 35 50 50 4,821 72Ålidhem Ö 2,415 1,449 76.7 20.7 45 46 54 6,843 66Öbacka-Rosendal 1,715 1,402 76.6 22.5 78 87 13 25,795 67Öbackastrand 1,418 1,180 65.8 33.0 78 83 17 28,161 72Östermalm-Fridhem 1,342 1,099 69.3 30.0 73 84 16 24,627 69Östteg 1,966 1,474 60.6 39.0 86 90 10 31,859 64Source: SVT

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Umeå Municipality is twinned with: Saskatoon, Canada Qufu, People's Republic of China Helsingør Municipality, Denmark Vaasa, Finland Würzburg, Germany Guanajuato, Mexico Harstad, Norway Petrozavodsk, Russia Osmangazi (Bursa), Turkey Nilufer (Bursa), Turkey

In Twin Towns' Park (Vänortsparken) is the artwork Tellus: it is a map of the world, with each sister city's location. Each sister city also has a designated themed area in the park.Facts about Vänortsparken (Swedish) , retrieved 27 July 2014

See also Blue Highway, tourist route (Norway - Sweden - Finland - Russia)

References

External links

Umeå Municipality - Official site