Piteå Municipality
Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden
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Piteå Municipality (Swedish: Piteå kommun; Finnish: Piitimen kunta) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Piteå.
Piteå Municipality
Piteå kommun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 65°20′N 21°30′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 (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 42,308 |
| • Density | 13.705/km2 (35.497/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 |
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 | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| 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
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
