Gävle Municipality

Municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden
Gävle Municipality
Gävle kommun
Municipality
Gävle Firestation
Gävle Firestation
Coat of arms of Gävle Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 60°40′N 17°10′E / 60.667°N 17.167°E / 60.667; 17.167
CountrySweden
CountyGävleborg County
SeatGävle
Area
 • Total3,199.84 km2 (1,235.47 sq mi)
 • Land1,613.37 km2 (622.93 sq mi)
 • Water1,586.47 km2 (612.54 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total103,532
 • Density32/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceGästrikland
Municipal code2180
Websitewww.gavle.se

Gävle Municipality (Gävle kommun) is a municipality in east central Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the Stad (city) of Gävle.

Geographically the municipality is situated north of the mouth of the river Dalälven and is the southernmost municipality of the historical land of Norrland.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Gävle was amalgamated with four surrounding rural municipalities. All of them were original entities, instituted as municipalities by the local government acts of 1862. The area had not been affected by the national subdivision reform in 1952.

Geography

Gävle is situated by the Baltic Sea near the mouth of the river Dalälven. At 60 degrees north and 17 degrees east, Gävle has the same latitude as Helsinki and the same longitude as Vienna and Cape Town.

Gävle has a similar continental climate to the rest of central Sweden with an average temperature of −5 °C (23 °F) in January and 17 °C (63 °F) in July. Yearly rainfall is around 600 mm (24 in).

Localities

Data from 2000.[3]

Town Population Area (km²)
Gävle 92,681 41.58
Valbo 6,984 8.14
Forsbacka 1,716 1.71
Hedesunda 1,071 1.67
Norrsundet 1,044 1.89
Bergby 834 1.91
Forsby 617 0.87
Hamrångefjärden 558 1.57
Furuvik 472 0.96
Åbyggeby 457 0.87
Lund 380 1.14
Björke 362 0.58
Trödje 321 0.67
Bönan 273 0.65
Totra 255 0.76
Berg 231 0.51
Hagsta 206 0.74

Economy

Major employers in Gävle:

  1. Gävle Municipality 8,000
  2. County Council 8,000
  3. Stora Enso 1,200
  4. Ericsson 1,100
  5. BillerudKorsnäs 1,100
  6. Lantmäteriet 900

Whisky

Mackmyra Whisky in Valbo, a suburb of Gävle, is the only whisky distillery in Sweden. Malt whisky is produced since 1999.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Gävle 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 78,868 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[4] 48.9% voted for the left coalition and 49.8% 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
% %
Andersberg C 2,576 1,324 74.7 20.5 49 25 75 12,443 19
Andersberg N 1,720 1,276 53.3 44.3 73 67 33 24,148 40
Andersberg-Sälgsjön 1,859 1,476 49.6 49.6 81 81 19 27,276 40
Bergby-Axmar 1,683 1,416 42.9 55.6 82 93 7 23,236 25
Björke-Trödje 2,124 1,708 37.4 61.6 88 94 6 29,602 37
Bomhus C 1,629 1,155 48.9 50.6 89 87 13 30,616 49
Bomhus N 1,796 1,381 42.7 56.1 82 85 15 27,566 38
Bomhus SO 1,861 1,370 51.1 47.5 82 85 15 25,202 33
Bomhus SV 2,010 1,434 49.0 49.9 85 85 15 28,901 41
Bomhus V 2,108 1,482 50.9 48.0 71 74 26 20,459 35
Bomhus Ö 2,018 1,553 42.9 56.7 89 90 10 30,638 40
Brynäs C 1,999 1,732 55.6 42.2 72 76 24 21,964 35
Brynäs S 2,024 1,619 55.7 42.4 72 67 33 22,721 39
Brynäs V 1,800 1,339 56.9 40.9 71 62 38 21,588 35
Brynäs Ö 2,075 1,546 55.8 41.6 68 60 40 20,873 31
Forsbacka 1,892 1,545 46.4 53.1 78 87 13 25,011 32
Fridhem 1,716 1,226 50.8 48.0 92 90 10 34,474 68
Furuvik-Ytterharnäs 1,367 1,016 39.8 59.6 87 92 8 29,847 42
Gävle Strand 1,696 1,563 45.2 53.8 80 79 21 31,057 47
Hagaström C 2,162 1,572 50.8 48.2 90 93 7 32,233 60
Hedesunda N 1,324 1,057 34.9 64.0 82 92 8 23,444 24
Hedesunda S 1,381 1,119 39.9 58.5 87 94 6 25,984 31
Hemlingby 2,249 1,709 42.7 56.6 90 92 8 33,071 56
Hemsta 1,671 1,484 54.2 44.5 78 81 19 24,991 43
Hille 2,319 1,718 45.1 54.2 89 95 5 30,366 48
Nordost 2,029 1,363 64.4 33.6 58 33 67 15,621 25
Norr 1,304 1,128 47.0 52.1 83 81 19 26,267 49
Norrlandet-Utvalnäs 2,317 1,766 37.0 62.6 88 92 8 35,076 35
Norrsundet-Hamrångef. 1,655 1,334 49.3 49.8 73 89 11 21,631 22
Norrtull-Lexe 2,103 1,805 51.5 47.9 84 88 12 29,883 56
Olsbacka 1,569 1,168 50.1 49.3 85 87 13 30,740 57
Stigslund 2,209 1,780 47.9 51.4 85 89 11 27,352 46
Strömsbro 2,391 1,930 45.2 54.3 88 93 7 31,506 56
Sätra C 2,120 1,551 60.5 37.7 63 60 40 17,831 36
Sätra NO 2,201 1,520 61.3 35.3 70 56 44 20,414 38
Sätra NV 2,200 1,596 53.2 45.1 83 74 26 29,093 52
Sätra V 2,280 1,558 52.1 46.2 80 73 27 25,727 43
Sätra Ö 2,902 1,539 60.9 35.0 54 32 68 11,899 34
Söder V 2,123 1,881 49.6 48.8 79 80 20 25,261 42
Söder Ö 2,155 1,846 49.3 48.0 79 79 21 24,303 42
Södertull 1,867 1,710 49.0 49.8 78 85 15 24,406 45
Sörby 2,432 1,770 54.1 43.6 76 72 28 23,291 44
Valbo C 2,123 1,601 45.5 53.1 83 90 10 26,306 34
Valbo N 2,081 1,683 46.5 52.3 77 86 14 22,290 32
Valbo V 2,174 1,631 44.0 55.7 90 95 5 31,360 44
Valbo Ö-Hagaström 2,518 1,907 42.7 56.7 90 93 7 31,798 45
Vallbacken 2,054 1,753 52.7 46.0 80 85 15 26,492 52
Villastaden 2,215 1,812 42.4 57.1 66 86 14 24,501 65
Väster N 1,813 1,666 48.5 49.8 83 85 15 27,724 52
Väster S 1,448 1,314 49.0 50.2 81 81 19 24,479 41
Åbyggeby 2,162 1,555 39.7 59.8 91 95 5 31,767 44
Öster-Alderholmen 1,432 881 65.5 30.7 59 36 64 16,442 29
Source: SVT[4]

Politics

The municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige) has 65 members, elected for a four-year period. The last election was held in September 2022. Eight parties are represented in the assembly. The largest party is the Swedish Social Democratic Party which has 21 seats. The current chairman of the municipal assembly is the liberal Per-Åke Fredriksson, with the current chairman of the municipal executive committee (kommunstyrelsen) is Åsa Wiklund Lång.

Education

The University College of Gävle currently enrolls 12,500 students.

It offers courses of study at six departments: Business Administration, Education and Psychology, Caring Sciences and Sociology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Natural and Computer Sciences and Technology, and Built Environment.

Some courses are given in English taught both to visiting students from foreign partner institutions and to Swedish students.

International relations

Town twinning

The municipality's is twinned with:[5]

See also

References

Notes
  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. ^ "Befolkning". Archived from the original on 2005-11-20.
  4. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Gävle i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Galva - Illinois, USA". Archived from the original on 2007-07-28. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

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