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

Localities

There are 14 localities (or urban areas) in Piteå Municipality:

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! # !! Locality !! Population

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| 1 || Piteå || align="right" | 22,650

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| 2 || Bergsviken || align="right" | 2,317

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| 3 || Rosvik || align="right" | 1,766

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| 4 || Norrfjärden || align="right" | 1,423

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| 5 || Hortlax || align="right" | 1,247

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| 6 || Roknäs || align="right" | 1,242

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| 7 || Jävre || align="right" | 572

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| 8 || Lillpite || align="right" | 454

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| 9 || Böle || align="right" | 418

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| 10 || Hemmingsmark || align="right" | 398

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| 11 || Sjulsmark || align="right" | 369

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| 12 || Svensbyn || align="right" | 362

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| 13 || Blåsmark || align="right" | 332

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| 14 || Sikfors || align="right" | 211

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

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Piteå 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 42,282 residents, including 33,405 Swedish citizens of voting age.

  • Grindavík, Iceland
  • Kandalaksha, Russia (Paused due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine)
  • Saint Barthélemy, France

Notable natives

  • Lina Andersson, cross-country skier
  • Christopher Jacob Boström, philosopher
  • Curt Boström, politician
  • Moki Cherry, artist
  • Nicolai Dunger, artist
  • Nils Edén, politician
  • Tomas Holmström, ice hockey player
  • Niklas Jonsson, cross-country skier
  • Liza Marklund, author
  • Peter Mattei, opera singer
  • Stefan Persson, ice hockey player
  • Mikael Renberg, ice hockey player
  • Daniel Solander, botanist
  • Mattias Öhlund, ice hockey player

See also

  • List of islands of the Piteå archipelago
  • Gråträsk

References