Piteå Municipality

Piteå Municipality Piteå kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Piteå Municipality Coat of arms
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Country	Sweden
County	Norrbotten County
Seat	Piteå
Area
• Total	4,680.52 km2 (1,807.16 sq mi)
• Land	3,086.95 km2 (1,191.88 sq mi)
• Water	1,593.57 km2 (615.28 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (March 31, 2016)
• Total	41,579
• Density	8.9/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Norrbotten
Municipal code	2581
Website	www.pitea.se

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

Localities

There are 14 localities (or urban areas) in Piteå Municipality:

#	Locality	Population
1	Piteå	22,650
2	Bergsviken	2,317
3	Rosvik	1,766
4	Norrfjärden	1,423
5	Hortlax	1,247
6	Roknäs	1,242
7	Jävre	572
8	Lillpite	454
9	Böle	418
10	Hemmingsmark	398
11	Sjulsmark	369
12	Svensbyn	362
13	Blåsmark	332
14	Sikfors	211

The municipal seat in bold

Sister cities

Piteå Municipality has three sister cities:

• Grindavík, Iceland
• Kandalaksha, Russia
• Saint Barthélemy (an overseas collectivity of France)

Notable natives

• Lina Andersson, cross-country skier
• Nicolai Dunger, artist
• Nils Edén, politician
• Tomas Holmström, ice hockey player
• Niklas Jonsson, cross-country skier
• Liza Marklund, author
• Stefan Persson, ice hockey player
• Mikael Renberg, ice hockey player
• Daniel Solander, botanist
• Mattias Öhlund, ice hockey player

See also

• List of islands of the Piteå archipelago

External links

• Piteå Municipality - Official site