Heby Municipality Explained

Heby Municipality
Native Name:Heby kommun
Native Name Lang:sv
Settlement Type:Municipality
Coordinates:59.9333°N 69°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Uppsala County
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Heby
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Note:Area as of .
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Blank Name Sec1:Province
Blank Info Sec1:Uppland
Blank1 Name Sec1:Municipal code
Blank1 Info Sec1:0331
Iso Code:SE
Website:www.heby.se

Heby Municipality (Heby kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Heby.

The first municipality with the name Heby was created in 1952, during the first of the two nationwide municipal reforms in Sweden, through the amalgamation of three original units in Västmanland County. The name was taken from the settlement Heby, which had been a municipalsamhälle (a kind of borough) since 1887. In 1971 three more former entities were added.

Geography

The Dalälven River forms Heby's northern border. The municipality also has substantial forests with animals such as elk, deer, fox, bear and lynx.

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Heby Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[1]

In total there were 14,282 residents, including 10,903 Swedish citizens of voting age.[1] 43.3% voted for the left coalition and 55.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location
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Harbo1,7071,32339.059.482881224,56427
Morgongåva2,7071,99546.052.678782223,65532
Tärnsjö2,1351,65842.455.876861421,82018
Västerlövsta V2,4861,86847.350.979792123,87531
Västerlövsta Ö2,2661,75941.756.883861424,33527
Östervåla2,9812,30042.655.981901023,11021
Source: SVT

Notability

Heby used to be part of Västmanland County, which borders Uppsala County to the west. In September 2005 it was reported that the municipality was permitted to be part of Uppsala County after intense lobbying in the late 1990s, following a municipal poll in 1998 where the majority was in support of the county transition. The transition took place on January 1, 2007. There were, however, forces who worked for the transition not to take place.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Valresultat 2022 för Heby i riksdagsvalet. SVT. sv. 11 September 2022. 19 January 2024.