Boden Municipality

Coordinates: 65°50′N 21°43′E / 65.833°N 21.717°E / 65.833; 21.717
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Boden Municipality
Bodens kommun
Municipality
Rödberget fort, part of Boden Fortress
Rödberget fort, part of Boden Fortress
Municipal code
2582
Websitewww.boden.se

Boden Municipality (Swedish: Bodens kommun) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Boden.

In 1919 the evolving garrison town of Boden was detached from Överluleå and instituted as a city municipality of its own. In 1967 the rest of Överluleå was merged into the city together with a part of Råneå. In 1971 Edefors (which in 1892 also had been detached from Överluleå) was added and the present municipality was formed.

History

According to recent finds, the oldest

Sami people
were living in the proximity.

Geography

The closest larger city is Luleå, which is located some 35 kilometres (22 miles) southeast on the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia. Luleå is the largest city in Norrbotten County and hosts the main campus of Luleå University of Technology.

The main northern

Stambanan genom övre Norrland, ends in Boden. By rail, Boden is connected to Luleå, and, on the same line, Uppsala, Stockholm, and finally Bräcke
in the south.

Southern Boden seen from Rödbergsfortet, part of Boden Fortress

Localities

There were six localities in the municipality as of 2018:[3]

Locality Population
Boden 16,816
Sävast 3,177
Trångforsen och Heden 1,860
Vittjärv 521
Harads 511
Unbyn 459

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Boden Municipality's electoral districts in the

SCB official statistics.[4]

In total there were 28,135 residents, including 22,002 Swedish citizens of voting age.[4] 54.7% voted for the left coalition and 44.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Language

In Boden Municipality, as in all of Sweden, there is no "official"

Sami
. Nowadays, due to immigration, a lot of languages from around the world can also be heard.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — Sister cities

Boden Municipality is

twinned
with:

All of these are northerly located, only Oulu being on a more southern latitude than Boden.

Notable natives

Politics

Following 2018 elections the municipal council is dominated by the Social Democrats despite their losing two seats compared to the previous elections. Two regional parties, Aktiv samling – Bodenalternativet and Health Care Party of Norrbotten, performed well, gaining 10 seats between them in the 49-member council.[6] The head of executive is Social Democrat Claes Nordmark.

Party Votes % Seats ±
Social Democrats 6,555 34.17 17 −2
Moderate Party 3,075 16.03 8 −5
Aktiv samling – Bodenalternativet 2,338 12.19 6 +6
Sweden Democrats 1,806 9.41 5 −1
Health Care Party 1,557 8.12 4 +2
Left Party 1,227 6.40 3 −1
Centre Party 1,028 5.36 3 +2
Liberals 567 2.96 2 +1
Green Party 407 2.12 1 −1
Others 626 3.26
Invalid/blank votes 255
Total 19,441 86.13 49 -

See also

References

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Folkmängd per tätort efter region och vart 5:e år" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2019-07-28.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^
    SVT
    . 11 September 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Ystävyyskaupungit (Twin Cities)". Oulun kaupunki (City of Oulu) (in Finnish). Retrieved 2013-07-27.
  6. ^ "Val till kommunfullmäktige i Boden" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten. 2018-09-17.

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