Älvsbyn Municipality () is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Älvsbyn.

The present municipality has the same size as the original one, created at the time the municipalities of Sweden were formed in 1863. 1948-1968 a part of it constituted a market town (köping) and a municipality of its own, but the entities were reunited in 1969.

Geography

The municipality stretches along the Pite River for about 60 kilometres in a naturesque surrounding.

Localities

There are four localities (or urban areas) in Älvsbyn Municipality:

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! # !! Locality !! Population

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| 1 || Älvsbyn || align="right" | 5,042

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| 2 || Vidsel || align="right" | 569

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| 3 || Korsträsk || align="right" | 397

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| 4 || Vistträsk || align="right" | 258

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<small>The municipal seat in bold</small>

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Älvsbyn 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 8,003 residents, including 6,194 Swedish citizens of voting age.

  • 20px Fauske, Norway
  • 20px Haapavesi, Finland
  • 20px Monchegorsk, Russia

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