Luleå Municipality

Luleå Municipality (Swedish: Luleå kommun) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Luleå, which is also the county seat of Norrbotten County.

Luleå Municipality Luleå kommun
Municipality
Luleå town hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 65°35′N 22°09′E
Country	Sweden
County	Norrbotten County
Seat	Luleå
Area
• Total	4,953.75 km2 (1,912.65 sq mi)
• Land	2,094.18 km2 (808.57 sq mi)
• Water	2,859.57 km2 (1,104.09 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	79,352
• Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Norrbotten
Municipal code	2580
Website	www.lulea.se

Localities

Luleå

There are 18 localities (or urban areas) in Luleå Municipality:

#	Locality	Population
1	Luleå	45,467
2	Gammelstaden	4,892
3	Bergnäset	3,674
4	Södra Sunderbyn	2,875
5	Råneå	2,030
6	Antnäs	845
7	Alvik	771
8	Rutvik	759
9	Måttsund	587
10	Bensbyn	434
11	Bälinge	317
12	Ersnäs	299
13	Kallax	291
14	Karlsvik	270
15	Klöverträsk	260
16	Jämtön	236
17	Brändön	233
18	Persön	226

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Luleå Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 78,846 residents, including 61,094 Swedish citizens of voting age. 56.9% voted for the left coalition and 42.0% 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 % % Alvik-Ersnäs 2,070 1,526 53.3 45.4 88 93 7 28,510 41 Antnäs-Måttsund 1,878 1,386 52.1 46.7 90 94 6 30,628 50 Avan-Bälinge 1,509 1,178 49.5 49.4 89 94 6 28,165 41 Bensbyn-Brändön 1,931 1,437 47.1 52.1 90 94 6 31,492 51 Bergstaden 1,587 1,126 60.4 38.3 76 75 25 23,619 37 Bergviken 1,138 986 61.6 37.9 79 89 11 25,419 58 Björkskatan N 2,015 1,490 62.4 36.7 82 87 13 28,697 59 Björkskatan S 1,402 1,081 60.5 38.9 83 86 14 27,664 60 Bredviken-Lerbäcken 1,973 1,430 59.4 40.2 88 90 10 31,125 56 Burströmska 1,480 1,232 64.5 34.6 83 90 10 27,798 52 G:a Bergnäset-Kallax 1,419 1,125 51.7 48.2 83 93 7 31,108 48 Gammelstad 1,399 1,076 62.9 36.5 86 94 6 30,712 59 Gültsauudden-N Hamn 1,201 1,024 59.2 40.2 78 88 12 27,389 50 Hammaren 1,883 1,355 60.8 38.8 89 92 8 33,384 59 Hertsöcentrum 1,931 1,377 66.3 32.7 76 73 27 23,614 31 Hertsölund 1,761 1,207 61.3 36.9 76 75 25 24,017 34 Hertsöängar 2,040 1,505 54.6 44.5 78 77 23 24,582 32 Hällbacken 1,174 711 48.4 51.1 93 91 9 33,673 67 Jämtön-Vitå 865 701 55.2 44.3 88 94 6 24,743 32 Kallkällan 1,616 1,300 60.8 37.7 79 83 17 25,042 40 Klintbacken 1,106 874 58.4 40.8 62 83 17 21,152 58 Kronan 2,172 1,776 55.8 43.6 88 87 13 33,787 66 Kulturens hus 1,518 1,358 55.0 43.7 82 90 10 28,171 49 Köpmantorget 1,391 1,239 59.3 40.4 83 88 12 26,851 47 Lillporsön 1,538 1,152 55.6 41.5 54 66 34 8,942 65 Lulsundet 1,762 1,277 61.7 37.4 76 86 14 28,921 66 Malmudden 1,013 966 63.0 35.9 75 82 18 23,664 41 Mjölkudden 1,639 1,304 63.4 35.6 81 86 14 26,723 49 Munkeberg 2,039 1,621 56.8 42.0 82 85 15 26,898 54 Niemisel-Prästholm 966 797 42.9 55.1 86 92 8 23,236 24 Norra Örnäset 1,481 1,217 63.9 34.4 78 77 23 22,947 39 Notviken 2,600 1,728 56.3 42.2 76 70 30 25,128 40 Persön 1,723 1,323 42.0 55.4 86 93 7 28,480 38 Porsöberget 1,261 918 59.4 39.0 87 82 18 31,210 65 Porsöudden 1,193 818 60.4 37.5 66 68 32 20,028 44 Rutvik 1,263 866 51.9 47.5 90 94 6 31,617 49 Råneå 2,152 1,708 48.9 50.2 81 86 14 23,282 29 Skurholmen 1,900 1,485 61.3 37.5 82 86 14 26,384 45 Stadsparken 1,639 1,487 58.1 41.1 81 87 13 26,478 53 Stadsön 2,324 1,794 59.6 39.1 81 86 14 25,782 45 Sunderbyn 1,601 1,104 55.5 42.7 88 92 8 32,837 57 Svartöstan-Lövskatan 1,584 1,283 59.9 39.3 84 89 11 27,583 45 Södra hamn 1,738 1,583 58.4 41.4 84 90 10 28,349 52 Södra Örnäset 1,467 1,184 60.6 37.6 73 73 27 22,653 28 Trollstaden 1,662 1,211 53.8 45.8 91 94 6 34,703 66 Universitetet 1,856 1,485 42.8 54.1 26 70 30 4,126 79 Varvet 1,248 1,120 55.6 44.1 81 88 12 25,886 50 Öhemmanet-Karlsvik 1,451 1,083 60.7 38.4 85 91 9 30,674 52 Östermalm 1,287 1,080 63.2 35.6 82 88 12 26,536 54 Source: SVT

Sister cities

Luleå Municipality has five sister cities:

• Tromsø, Norway
• Kemi, Finland
• Santa Lucía de Tirajana, Spain
• Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua

See also

• Hertsön (district)
• List of islands of the Luleå archipelago

External links

• www.lulea.se
• Luleå University of Technology (LTU)