Skellefteå Municipality

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name=Skellefteå
fullname=Skellefteå kommun
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capital=Skellefteå
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county=Västerbotten County| province=Västerbotten
arearank=13th
area=6,838.4
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population_as_of=2005
populationrank=26th
population=71,786|<--35984 are male, and 36492 are female -->populationpercent=x.x
populationdensity=11

Skellefteå Municipality ("Skellefteå kommun") is a municipality in northern Sweden where Skellefteå is the seat with 31,500 inhabitants.

The municipality borders in the south to Robertsfors, and clockwise to Umeå, Vindeln, Norsjö, Arvidsjaur and Piteå. Norra Västerbotten is the local newspaper of Skellefteå. Skellefteå AIK is the local icehockey team.Skellefteå is situated around Skellefte Älv, a river that runs through the city. There is also a very central mountain, Vitberget, which is popular for skiing in the wintertime, and trekking in the summers.

Most of the amalgamations leading to the present municipality took place in 1967 when the then "City of Skelleftå" was merged with the rural municipality by the same name and also with "Jörn" "Bureå" and "Byske". The enlarged city became a municipality of unitary type with the new local government act in 1971, and in 1974 "Burträsk" was added.

Localities

All populated places with over 700 inhabitants (2003):

*Skellefteå, 34,737 (seat)
*Ursviken, 4,072
*Skelleftehamn, 3,058
*Bureå, 2,386
*Kåge, 2,234
*Byske, 1,708
*Burträsk, 1,690
*Boliden, 1,556
*Jörn, 896
*Ersmark, 863
*Lövånger, 756

Industry

The largest employer in Skellefteå is the mining company Boliden, with about 1,200 employees.

Natives from Skellefteå

* Stieg Larsson (born August 15, 1954), journalist, publisher and writer
* Jan Erixon, former NHL ice hockey player
* Joakim Nyström (born February 20, 1963), professional tennis player
* The Wannadies, pop group

ee also

*Sollefteå Municipality

External links

* [http://www.skelleftea.se Skellefteå] - Official site
* [http://turistinfo.skelleftea.se/ Tourist in Skellefteå] - Tourist information in Swedish, English and German languages