Lycksele
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| Lycksele | |
  Lycksele
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| Country | Sweden |
| Municipality | Lycksele Municipality |
| County | Västerbotten County |
| Province | Lappland |
| Area [1] | |
| - Total | 8.58 km² (3.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-12-31)[1] | |
| - Total | 8,597 |
| - Density | 1,002/km² (2,595.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Lycksele is a town (population 8,597) in Swedish Lappland and the seat of Lycksele Municipality, Västerbotten County.
Lycksele is the oldest permanent Sami settlement in Swedish Lappland. The first Swedish Sami school, Skytteanska skolan, was built here in 1634.
Lycksele was the first place in Swedish Lappland to be designated a city in 1946, hence its nickname "Lapp-Stockholm". Lycksele is, despite its small population, for historical reasons normally still referred to as a city. Statistics Sweden, however, only counts localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants as cities.
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- ^ a b Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 (xls) (Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
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Lycksele is one of 134 towns with the historical City status in Sweden. |
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