| Uppsala Municipality | |
| Native Name: | Uppsala kommun |
| Native Name Lang: | sv |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Coordinates: | 59.8667°N 55°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Uppsala County |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Uppsala |
| 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: | 0380 |
| Iso Code: | SE |
| Website: | www.uppsala.se |
Uppsala Municipality (Uppsala kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Uppsala has a population of 211,411 (2016-06-30). Its seat is located in the university city of Uppsala.
Uppsala Municipality was created through amalgamations taking place during the late sixties and the early seventies. There are about thirty original local government units combined in the present municipality. A split took place in 2003, when Knivsta Municipality was formed.
By population:
Largest operating companies in Uppsala:
Historically, Uppsala Municipality has been a centre both of conservatism and liberalism, both receiving their ideological nourishment from the university. Today, however, the city is divided between left and right and has since 1994 been governed by a coalition of the Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Green Party until the where the centre-right coalition Alliance for Sweden won not only the national elections but also the regional.
Distribution of the 81 seats in the municipal council after the 2010 election:
Results of the 2010 Swedish general election in Uppsala:
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden.
The municipality has the following twinnings[1]
