Sandviken Municipality

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This article is about the Swedish municipality. For Sandviken, Helsingfors, see Hietalahti, Helsinki. For Sandviken, Vasa, see Hietalahti, Vaasa.

Sandviken is a Municipality in Gävleborg County, in east central Sweden. The municipality covers an area of 1164.7 km². Of the total population of 37064, 18635 are male, and 18429 are female. The population density of the community is 32 inhabitants per km².

Note: As Sandviken means the sand bay there are numerous other places of that name throughout Scandinavia.

See also: Sandvik, University College of Gävle

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Coordinates: 60°37′N 16°47′E

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