| Umeå Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Umeå kommun |
| Native Name Lang: | sv |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Västerbotten County |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Umeå |
| 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: | Västerbotten and Ångermanland |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Municipal code |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 2480 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Iso Code: | SE |
| Website: | www.umea.se/umeakommun |
Umeå Municipality (Northern Sami: Ubmi gielda) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is Umeå, which is also the county seat of Västerbotten County.
The municipality is an administrative entity defined by geographical borders, consisting of Umeå and a large area around it. The present municipality consists of many former local government units joined together in a series of municipal reforms carried out between 1952 and 1974.
A 65-member municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige) is elected by proportional representation for a four-year term. The assembly appoints the 9-member executive committee (kommunstyrelsen) and the 7 governing commissioners. The executive committee and the commissioners are headed by the chairman (kommunstyrelsens ordförande), since 1996 Social Democrat Lennart Holmlund (b. 1946). Since the 2010 municipal election the municipality is headed by a Social Democratic-Left Party coalition a single seat short of absolute majority. Of the eight parties represented in the Riksdag since 2010, all but the Sweden Democrats are found in the assembly, as well as the breakaway Socialist Justice Party headed by former Social Democrat Jan Hägglund (holding its only seat), renamed the Workers' Party in 2011.
There are 20 localities (or urban areas) in Umeå Municipality:[1]
| Locality | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Umeå | 75,645 | |
| 2 | 5,482 | ||
| 3 | 2,672 | ||
| 4 | 2,573 | ||
| 5 | 2,300 | ||
| 6 | 2,175 | ||
| 7 | 1,486 | ||
| 8 | 1,029 | ||
| 9 | 633 | ||
| 10 | 549 | ||
| 11 | 477 | ||
| 12 | 447 | ||
| 13 | 397 | ||
| 14 | 343 | ||
| 15 | 302 | ||
| 16 | 247 | ||
| 17 | 231 | ||
| 18 | 219 | ||
| 19 | 209 | ||
| 20 | 205 |
The municipal seat in bold
Other villages:
This is a demographic table based on Umeå Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[2]
In total there were 130,881 residents, including 99,226 Swedish citizens of voting age.[2] 65.9% voted for the left coalition and 32.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. Umeå was the strongest municipality in Sweden for the left coalition, with a 33-point margin of advantage.
| Location | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | |||||||
| Backen | 1,314 | 1,046 | 65.7 | 33.8 | 85 | 93 | 7 | 26,144 | 60 | ||||||||
| Berghem N | 2,218 | 1,685 | 71.4 | 27.4 | 71 | 84 | 16 | 25,876 | 76 | ||||||||
| Berghem S | 1,237 | 1,035 | 75.4 | 23.7 | 68 | 83 | 17 | 21,671 | 75 | ||||||||
| Brinkvägen | 1,322 | 1,180 | 61.0 | 38.0 | 80 | 89 | 11 | 24,094 | 58 | ||||||||
| Brännland | 2,564 | 1,856 | 56.6 | 42.6 | 88 | 94 | 6 | 30,227 | 50 | ||||||||
| Bullmark | 1,309 | 1,010 | 54.1 | 45.1 | 85 | 94 | 6 | 25,906 | 34 | ||||||||
| Böleå | 1,796 | 1,650 | 58.7 | 40.5 | 82 | 92 | 8 | 25,203 | 46 | ||||||||
| Böleäng V | 2,332 | 1,665 | 63.0 | 35.8 | 86 | 89 | 11 | 30,118 | 51 | ||||||||
| Böleäng Ö | 1,680 | 1,257 | 63.6 | 35.6 | 85 | 88 | 12 | 28,486 | 53 | ||||||||
| Carlshem V | 2,621 | 1,974 | 72.7 | 25.9 | 71 | 78 | 22 | 24,178 | 68 | ||||||||
| Carlshem Ö | 1,584 | 1,149 | 73.1 | 25.6 | 68 | 74 | 26 | 22,804 | 64 | ||||||||
| Centrum | 1,260 | 1,185 | 63.8 | 35.8 | 75 | 84 | 16 | 24,977 | 56 | ||||||||
| Centrum V | 1,898 | 1,647 | 65.5 | 33.4 | 81 | 88 | 12 | 26,064 | 56 | ||||||||
| Centrum Ö | 1,747 | 1,455 | 68.4 | 30.4 | 78 | 87 | 13 | 25,500 | 68 | ||||||||
| Dragonfältet | 1,190 | 1,101 | 61.8 | 37.4 | 86 | 90 | 10 | 28,262 | 60 | ||||||||
| Ersboda M | 2,182 | 1,585 | 72.2 | 25.9 | 73 | 70 | 30 | 22,911 | 41 | ||||||||
| Ersboda N | 2,392 | 1,531 | 71.9 | 26.0 | 70 | 55 | 45 | 21,647 | 36 | ||||||||
| Ersboda V | 2,302 | 1,708 | 69.6 | 29.4 | 78 | 78 | 22 | 25,511 | 48 | ||||||||
| Ersboda Ö | 1,160 | 816 | 68.7 | 29.4 | 79 | 68 | 32 | 25,641 | 45 | ||||||||
| Ersmark | 1,829 | 1,270 | 58.5 | 41.0 | 91 | 94 | 6 | 33,672 | 62 | ||||||||
| Grubbe N | 1,676 | 1,298 | 59.6 | 39.6 | 83 | 93 | 7 | 29,367 | 56 | ||||||||
| Grubbe S | 2,045 | 1,622 | 65.9 | 33.4 | 84 | 92 | 8 | 29,251 | 61 | ||||||||
| Haga N | 1,534 | 1,348 | 69.3 | 29.8 | 77 | 90 | 10 | 24,702 | 63 | ||||||||
| Haga S | 1,587 | 1,342 | 68.2 | 30.6 | 80 | 88 | 12 | 27,717 | 62 | ||||||||
| Haga Ö | 1,574 | 1,333 | 69.1 | 29.7 | 77 | 88 | 12 | 24,461 | 64 | ||||||||
| Hissjö | 1,358 | 1,033 | 55.0 | 44.6 | 91 | 95 | 5 | 29,640 | 47 | ||||||||
| Holmsund S | 2,419 | 1,762 | 61.9 | 37.6 | 90 | 92 | 8 | 30,332 | 55 | ||||||||
| Holmsund V | 2,047 | 1,508 | 63.6 | 35.0 | 76 | 84 | 16 | 23,301 | 40 | ||||||||
| Holmsund Ö | 2,044 | 1,452 | 66.1 | 33.2 | 86 | 88 | 12 | 28,143 | 53 | ||||||||
| Hörnefors V | 1,969 | 1,544 | 56.9 | 42.3 | 84 | 93 | 7 | 24,929 | 36 | ||||||||
| Hörnefors Ö | 1,321 | 1,022 | 65.9 | 32.4 | 89 | 96 | 4 | 27,560 | 43 | ||||||||
| Innertavle-Tavleliden | 2,376 | 1,485 | 65.8 | 33.6 | 91 | 89 | 11 | 34,467 | 69 | ||||||||
| Kronoparken | 1,724 | 1,360 | 65.2 | 33.8 | 85 | 92 | 8 | 27,696 | 52 | ||||||||
| Marieberg | 1,966 | 1,382 | 70.6 | 28.3 | 80 | 83 | 17 | 27,365 | 58 | ||||||||
| Mariedal | 1,578 | 1,271 | 70.4 | 28.3 | 87 | 90 | 10 | 27,762 | 65 | ||||||||
| Mariehem | 1,922 | 1,410 | 75.5 | 23.3 | 79 | 78 | 22 | 26,711 | 67 | ||||||||
| Mariehemshöjd | 1,988 | 1,365 | 70.2 | 27.0 | 69 | 61 | 39 | 20,284 | 49 | ||||||||
| Mariestrand Olovsdal | 2,303 | 1,976 | 66.2 | 32.9 | 61 | 78 | 22 | 18,838 | 67 | ||||||||
| Nydalahöjd | 1,662 | 1,321 | 73.4 | 25.0 | 48 | 71 | 29 | 7,859 | 77 | ||||||||
| Obbola | 2,851 | 2,132 | 63.4 | 36.1 | 87 | 90 | 10 | 28,808 | 46 | ||||||||
| Röbäck V-Skravelsjö | 1,585 | 1,114 | 62.9 | 36.6 | 84 | 89 | 11 | 29,286 | 44 | ||||||||
| Röbäck Ö-Klabböle | 1,463 | 1,026 | 57.8 | 41.4 | 90 | 93 | 7 | 31,829 | 57 | ||||||||
| Sandabrånet | 2,138 | 1,732 | 70.7 | 27.2 | 79 | 88 | 12 | 25,377 | 60 | ||||||||
| Sandbacka | 1,702 | 1,337 | 72.0 | 26.6 | 82 | 90 | 10 | 28,348 | 59 | ||||||||
| Sandåkern | 1,384 | 1,246 | 59.8 | 38.9 | 85 | 91 | 9 | 27,386 | 53 | ||||||||
| Sofiehem | 1,638 | 1,207 | 72.5 | 26.2 | 80 | 84 | 16 | 27,818 | 72 | ||||||||
| Stöcke | 1,480 | 1,046 | 54.7 | 45.1 | 89 | 94 | 6 | 31,048 | 50 | ||||||||
| Stöcksjö-Degernäs | 1,507 | 1,047 | 54.3 | 44.8 | 92 | 92 | 8 | 32,141 | 50 | ||||||||
| Sävar V | 1,869 | 1,354 | 64.0 | 35.8 | 87 | 94 | 6 | 28,162 | 49 | ||||||||
| Sävar Ö | 2,157 | 1,547 | 64.5 | 34.9 | 90 | 95 | 5 | 29,111 | 53 | ||||||||
| Södra Teg | 1,057 | 856 | 57.4 | 41.4 | 81 | 88 | 12 | 24,556 | 41 | ||||||||
| Sörmjöle-Norrmjöle | 1,445 | 1,198 | 59.2 | 40.4 | 89 | 94 | 6 | 29,278 | 49 | ||||||||
| Tavelsjö | 2,426 | 1,828 | 55.4 | 43.6 | 90 | 96 | 4 | 28,890 | 41 | ||||||||
| Tomtebo | 1,890 | 1,270 | 75.7 | 23.2 | 76 | 76 | 24 | 25,194 | 67 | ||||||||
| Tomtebo N | 2,409 | 1,714 | 67.3 | 31.7 | 70 | 78 | 22 | 24,043 | 73 | ||||||||
| Tomtebo S | 1,754 | 1,237 | 73.4 | 25.7 | 84 | 83 | 17 | 30,102 | 72 | ||||||||
| Täfteå | 1,754 | 1,219 | 62.7 | 36.2 | 89 | 95 | 5 | 33,106 | 60 | ||||||||
| Umedalen V | 2,335 | 1,598 | 65.3 | 33.4 | 81 | 84 | 16 | 28,092 | 56 | ||||||||
| Umedalen Ö | 1,712 | 1,208 | 68.4 | 28.6 | 78 | 80 | 20 | 24,919 | 46 | ||||||||
| Universitetsområdet | 2,232 | 1,813 | 68.4 | 30.5 | 39 | 69 | 31 | 6,214 | 77 | ||||||||
| Universitetsom. Ö | 1,707 | 1,461 | 75.0 | 22.9 | 58 | 77 | 23 | 14,467 | 69 | ||||||||
| Västerslätt | 1,918 | 1,463 | 66.3 | 33.3 | 87 | 93 | 7 | 29,968 | 57 | ||||||||
| Västteg | 1,669 | 1,486 | 60.5 | 38.8 | 83 | 92 | 8 | 27,339 | 51 | ||||||||
| Ytterhiske | 1,247 | 1,060 | 66.1 | 32.4 | 80 | 88 | 12 | 25,077 | 52 | ||||||||
| Yttersjö | 1,708 | 1,207 | 59.8 | 39.2 | 91 | 95 | 5 | 30,333 | 47 | ||||||||
| Ålidhem S | 1,993 | 1,378 | 76.8 | 20.9 | 65 | 60 | 40 | 18,647 | 59 | ||||||||
| Ålidhem V | 1,965 | 1,199 | 71.8 | 25.7 | 35 | 50 | 50 | 4,821 | 72 | ||||||||
| Ålidhem Ö | 2,415 | 1,449 | 76.7 | 20.7 | 45 | 46 | 54 | 6,843 | 66 | ||||||||
| Öbacka-Rosendal | 1,715 | 1,402 | 76.6 | 22.5 | 78 | 87 | 13 | 25,795 | 67 | ||||||||
| Öbackastrand | 1,418 | 1,180 | 65.8 | 33.0 | 78 | 83 | 17 | 28,161 | 72 | ||||||||
| Östermalm-Fridhem | 1,342 | 1,099 | 69.3 | 30.0 | 73 | 84 | 16 | 24,627 | 69 | ||||||||
| Östteg | 1,966 | 1,474 | 60.6 | 39.0 | 86 | 90 | 10 | 31,859 | 64 | ||||||||
| Source: SVT | |||||||||||||||||
See main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden.
Umeå Municipality is twinned with:
In Twin Towns' Park (Vänortsparken) is the artwork Tellus: it is a map of the world, with each sister city's location. Each sister city also has a designated themed area in the park.[3]