Robertsfors Municipality

Coordinates: 64°12′N 20°51′E / 64.200°N 20.850°E / 64.200; 20.850
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Robertsfors Municipality
Robertsfors kommun
Municipal code
2409
Websitewww.robertsfors.se

Robertsfors Municipality (Swedish: Robertsfors kommun) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Robertsfors.

History

In 1759 the small village Edfastmark became Robertsfors Bruk. It was the Irishman John Jennings and his brother-in-law, the Scotsman Robert Finlay, who founded the new ironworks which also got its name, Robertsfors, from Robert Finlay.[3]

Localities

cheese slicer in Ånäset
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There are three localities (or urban areas) in Robertsfors Municipality:[4]

# Locality Population
1 Robertsfors 2,010
2 Ånäset 622
3 Bygdeå 506

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

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

SCB official statistics.[5]

In total there were 6,781 residents, including 5,172 Swedish citizens of voting age.[5] 63.1% voted for the left coalition and 35.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Notable natives

References

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 1 January 2014. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  3. ^ Official site (in Swedish)
  4. ^ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
  5. ^
    SVT
    . 11 September 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

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