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Piteå Municipality

*Piteå kommun*
Piteå Municipality Piteå kommun
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 65°20′N 21°30′E / 65.333°N 21.500°E
Country	Sweden
County	Norrbotten County
Seat	Piteå
Area
• Total	4,680.52 km2 (1,807.16 sq mi)
• Land	3,086.95 km2 (1,191.88 sq mi)
• Water	1,593.57 km2 (615.28 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)
• Total	42,344
• Density	9.0/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Norrbotten
Municipal code	2581
Website	www.pitea.se

Piteå Municipality (Swedish: Piteå kommun; Finnish: Piitimen kunta) 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:^[3]

#	Locality	Population
1	Piteå	22,650
2	Bergsviken	2,317
3	Rosvik	1,766
4	Norrfjärden	1,423
5	Hortlax	1,247
6	Roknäs	1,242
7	Jävre	572
8	Lillpite	454
9	Böle	418
10	Hemmingsmark	398
11	Sjulsmark	369
12	Svensbyn	362
13	Blåsmark	332
14	Sikfors	211

The municipal seat in bold

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.^[4]

In total there were 42,282 residents, including 33,405 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[4] 63.9% voted for the left coalition and 35.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

%

Backen Annelund

1,891

1,444

66.1

33.3

86

90

10

27,146

39

Backen Källbo

1,824

1,603

64.9

33.9

84

89

11

23,899

37

Bergsviken V

1,417

1,078

65.5

33.7

88

95

5

29,339

39

Bergsviken Ö

1,138

910

64.4

34.8

88

96

4

29,878

44

Blåsmark

968

727

70.2

29.3

89

96

4

27,716

33

Djupviken N

2,046

1,608

66.7

32.2

71

88

12

23,353

49

Djupviken S

1,804

1,358

65.8

33.6

87

92

8

30,681

50

Hortlax

2,002

1,507

61.1

38.0

90

96

4

28,773

39

Häggholmen V

1,783

1,583

68.9

30.2

77

88

12

21,053

31

Häggholmen Ö

1,613

1,499

76.8

22.0

65

88

12

18,462

31

Jävre

1,026

807

64.7

34.3

88

95

5

27,839

39

Klubbgärdet

1,466

1,167

59.8

38.8

84

92

8

28,845

39

Munksund N

1,675

1,331

65.6

34.0

81

93

7

26,146

37

Munksund S

1,596

1,289

60.1

39.0

87

92

8

29,291

35

Norrmalm

849

746

68.4

30.6

81

91

9

24,826

39

Pitholm

1,705

1,352

66.4

32.6

86

93

7

31,032

47

Porsnäs V

1,199

879

61.5

36.9

86

92

8

25,800

36

Porsnäs Ö

1,301

1,029

62.5

36.2

91

97

3

29,044

44

Roknäs Lillpite

1,734

1,416

60.1

38.1

82

94

6

24,998

27

Rosvik

2,161

1,592

55.3

43.9

85

90

10

26,408

36

Sjulnäs Böle

1,772

1,313

63.1

35.0

90

97

3

29,512

34

Sjulsmark

1,759

1,372

57.0

40.8

85

95

5

26,567

32

Strömnäs

1,620

1,241

60.7

38.6

84

90

10

29,709

51

Svensbyn

938

738

66.8

32.9

86

97

3

29,726

37

Öjebyn C

1,263

912

66.4

32.2

68

85

15

22,030

26

Öjebyn N

1,948

1,479

64.3

34.7

76

87

13

23,049

30

Öjebyn S

1,784

1,425

66.3

32.8

77

90

10

25,039

28

Source: SVT^[4]

Twin towns – sister cities

Piteå is twinned with:^[5]

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

Notable natives

Lina Andersson, cross-country skier
Nicolai Dunger, artist
Nils Edén, politician
Tomas Holmström, ice hockey player
Niklas Jonsson, cross-country skier
Liza Marklund, author
Stefan Persson, ice hockey player
Mikael Renberg, ice hockey player
Daniel Solander, botanist
Mattias Öhlund, ice hockey player

References

^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 1 January 2014. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
^ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Piteå i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
^ "Vänorter". pitea.se (in Swedish). Piteå kommun. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

External links

Piteå Municipality – Official site

[SCB_2014-01-01-1] "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 1 January 2014. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2014.

[SCB_2023-12-31-2] "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

[3] Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005

[PiteåVal2022-4] "Valresultat 2022 för Piteå i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

[5] "Vänorter". pitea.se (in Swedish). Piteå kommun. Retrieved 29 April 2021.

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