Lycksele Municipality

Lycksele Municipality

*Lycksele kommun*
Lycksele Municipality Lycksele kommun
Municipality
	Monument of the first settlers coming to the Lycksele area
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 64°36′N 18°40′E / 64.600°N 18.667°E
Country	Sweden
County	Västerbotten County
Seat	Lycksele
Area
• Total	5,888.93 km2 (2,273.73 sq mi)
• Land	5,518.49 km2 (2,130.70 sq mi)
• Water	370.44 km2 (143.03 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)
• Total	12,213
• Density	2.1/km2 (5.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Lapland
Municipal code	2481
Website	www.lycksele.se

Lycksele Municipality (Swedish: Lycksele kommun; Southern Sami: Liksjoe tjïelte; Ume Sami: Liksjuon kommuvdna) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Lycksele and the municipality is located in the southern parts of Swedish Lapland.

The municipality traces its history to Lycksele parish, which was in effect during the 19th century with very similar borders and size (5,000-5,500 km²). The whole rural municipality Lycksele became a market town (köping) in 1929 and city in 1946. In 1971 it was amalgamated with Örträsk Municipality.

Generally the northern municipalities, already sparsely populated, have population decreases, but various supporting projects also exist. For instance, a campus of Umeå University is situated here.

Localities

There are two localities (or urban areas) in Lycksele Municipality:^[3]

#	Locality	Population
1	Lycksele	8,597
2	Kristineberg	331

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Lycksele 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 12,255 residents, including 9,233 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[4] 53.2% voted for the left coalition and 46.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

%

Björksele

795

571

52.0

47.3

82

85

15

23,272

29

Forsdala

1,757

1,300

48.1

51.6

89

91

9

27,840

37

Kattisavan

548

431

45.8

51.0

81

94

6

22,334

33

Knaften

874

696

47.4

52.1

87

96

4

24,064

31

Lycksele

2,186

1,627

54.2

44.9

77

76

24

20,700

27

Norrmalm

2,059

1,532

54.8

44.2

89

94

6

27,352

36

Södermalm

1,702

1,296

58.6

40.9

79

81

19

22,691

30

Villaryd

2,334

1,780

56.3

42.9

81

86

14

23,861

32

Source: SVT^[4]

Transport

There is an airport just south of Lycksele, from which one can reach Stockholm in about 80 minutes.

Previously, the railroad between Umeå and Storuman was the main means of transportation, but its significance has diminished and passenger traffic was discontinued. There are now daily buses to towns like Umeå, Storuman and Tärnaby. In August 2011, passenger train services between Lycksele and Umeå were re-established.^[5]

The European route E12, also known as Blå vägen ("The Blue Road") winds along the Ume River and passes through Lycksele.