Gävle Municipality () is a municipality in east central Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the Stad (city) of Gävle.

Geographically the municipality is situated north of the mouth of the river Dalälven and is the southernmost municipality of the historical land of Norrland.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Gävle was amalgamated with four surrounding rural municipalities. All of them were original entities, instituted as municipalities by the local government acts of 1862. The area had not been affected by the national subdivision reform in 1952.

Geography

Gävle is situated by the Baltic Sea near the mouth of the river Dalälven. At 60 degrees north and 17 degrees east, Gävle has the same latitude as Helsinki and the same longitude as Vienna and Cape Town.

Gävle has a similar continental climate to the rest of central Sweden with an average temperature of in January and in July. Yearly rainfall is around .

Localities

Data from 2000.

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! Town

!Population

!Area (km<sup>2</sup>)

|-

| Gävle

|align="right"|92,681

|align="right"|41.58

|-

|Valbo

|align="right"|6,984

|align="right"|8.14

|-

|Forsbacka

|align="right"|1,716

|align="right"|1.71

|-

|Hedesunda

|align="right"|1,071

|align="right"|1.67

|-

|Norrsundet

|align="right"|1,044

|align="right"|1.89

|-

|Bergby

|align="right"|834

|align="right"|1.91

|-

|Forsby

|align="right"|617

|align="right"|0.87

|-

|Hamrångefjärden

|align="right"|558

|align="right"|1.57

|-

|Furuvik

|align="right"|472

|align="right"|0.96

|-

|Åbyggeby

|align="right"|457

|align="right"|0.87

|-

|Lund

|align="right"|380

|align="right"|1.14

|-

|Björke

|align="right"|362

|align="right"|0.58

|-

|Trödje

|align="right"|321

|align="right"|0.67

|-

|Bönan

|align="right"|273

|align="right"|0.65

|-

|Totra

|align="right"|255

|align="right"|0.76

|-

|Berg

|align="right"|231

|align="right"|0.51

|-

|Hagsta

|align="right"|206

|align="right"|0.74

|}

Economy

Major employers in Gävle:

  1. Gävle Municipality 8,000
  2. County Council 8,000
  3. Stora Enso 1,200
  4. Ericsson 1,100
  5. BillerudKorsnäs 1,100
  6. Lantmäteriet 900

Whisky

Mackmyra Whisky in Valbo, a suburb of Gävle, is the only whisky distillery in Sweden. Malt whisky is produced since 1999.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Gävle 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 78,868 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.

  • Galva, United States
  • Gjøvik, Norway
  • Jūrmala, Latvia
  • Næstved, Denmark
  • Rauma, Finland

See also

  • Municipalities of Sweden
  • List of Swedish municipalities
  • International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships (1995)
  • List of Gävleborg Governors

References

;Notes

  • National Atlas of Sweden - Statistics