Östhammar Municipality

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**Östhammar Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Map outlining the municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Östhammar
	60° 16' N 18° 22' E
	County	Uppsala County
	Province	Uppland
	Area Rank	1,471 km² 65th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	21,738 x of 290
	Population density	15/km²

Östhammar Municipality is a Municipality in Uppsala County, in east central Sweden. The seat is in Östhammar with 4,000 inhabitants.

[edit] Municipal towns

All towns with over 200 inhabitants in 2000, from Statistics Sweden.

Östhammar
Gimo (town)
Österbybruk
Hargshamn
Dannemora
Öregrund
Alunda
Skoby
Norrskedika

Öregrund is notable for being one of Sweden's historical cities, being granted its charter in 1491. With 1,600 inhabitants currently the smallest in Sweden with that definition.

Another notable village is Forsmark (pop. 59), where the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant is situated.