Skellefteå Municipality

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Skellefteå Municipality (Kommun)

Skellefteå Municipality and Skellefteå Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Skellefteå
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	County	Västerbotten County
	Province	Västerbotten
	Area      Rank	6,838.4 km² 13th of 290
	Population      Rank (2005)	71,786 26th of 290
	Density	11/km²

Skellefteå Municipality is a Swedish 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.

Contents 1 Municipal towns 2 Industry 3 Natives from Skellefteå 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Municipal towns

All towns with over 700 inhabitants (2003):

• Skellefteå, 34,737
• 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

[edit] Industry

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

[edit] Natives from Skellefteå

• Jan Erixon, former NHL ice hockey player
• Joakim Nyström (born February 20, 1963), professional tennis player
• The Wannadies, pop group

[edit] See also

• Sollefteå Municipality

[edit] External links

• Skellefteå - Official site
• Tourist in Skellefteå - Tourist information in Swedish, English and German languages

Municipalities of Västerbotten County

Bjurholm | Dorotea | Lycksele | Malå | Nordmaling | Norsjö | Robertsfors | Skellefteå | Sorsele | Storuman | Umeå | Vilhelmina | Vindeln | Vännäs | Åsele

Counties of Sweden | Sweden