Lycksele Municipality (; ; ) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Lycksele and the municipality is located in the southern parts of Swedish Lapland.
The municipality traces its history to Lycksele parish, which was in effect during the 19th century with very similar borders and size (5,000-5,500 km<sup>2</sup>). The whole rural municipality Lycksele became a market town (köping) in 1929 and city in 1946. In 1971 it was amalgamated with Örträsk Municipality.
Generally the northern municipalities, already sparsely populated, have population decreases, but various supporting projects also exist. For instance, a campus of Umeå University is situated here.
Localities
There are two localities (or urban areas) in Lycksele Municipality:
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! # !! Locality !! Population
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| 1 || Lycksele || align="right" | 8,597
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| 2 || Kristineberg || align="right" | 331
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<small>The municipal seat in bold</small>
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Lycksele 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 12,255 residents, including 9,233 Swedish citizens of voting age.
The European route E12, also known as Blå vägen ("The Blue Road") winds along the Ume River and passes through Lycksele.
Sister cities
Lycksele Municipality has three sister cities:
- 20px Mosjøen, Norway
- 20px Ähtäri, Finland
- 20px Lovozero, Russia