Gävle Municipality

Geographically the municipality is situated north of the mouth of the river Dalälven and is the southernmost municipality of the historical land of Norrland.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Gävle was amalgamated with four surrounding rural municipalities. All of them were original entities, instituted as municipalities by the local government acts of 1862. The area had not been affected by the national subdivision reform in 1952.

Geography

Gävle is situated by the Baltic Sea near the mouth of the river Dalälven. At 60 degrees north and 17 degrees east, Gävle has the same latitude as Helsinki and the same longitude as Vienna and Cape Town.

Gävle has a similar climate to the rest of central Sweden with an average temperature of −5 °C (23 °F) in January and 17 °C (63 °F) in July. Yearly rainfall is around 600 mm (24 in).

Politics

The municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige) has 65 members, elected for a four-year period. The last election was held in September 2010. Eight parties are represented in the assembly. The largest party is the Swedish Social Democratic Party which has 25 seats. The current chairman of the municipal executive committee (kommunstyrelsen) is the social democrat Carina Blank.

Localities

Data from 2000.

Town	Population	Area (km²)
Gävle	92,681	41.58
Valbo	6,984	8.14
Forsbacka	1,716	1.71
Hedesunda	1,071	1.67
Norrsundet	1,044	1.89
Bergby	834	1.91
Forsby	617	0.87
Hamrångefjärden	558	1.57
Furuvik	472	0.96
Åbyggeby	457	0.87
Lund	380	1.14
Björke	362	0.58
Trödje	321	0.67
Bönan	273	0.65
Totra	255	0.76
Berg	231	0.51
Hagsta	206	0.74

(Source: )

Major employers

Gävle Municipality 8,000
County Council 8,000
Stora Enso 1,200
Ericsson 1,100
Korsnäs 1,100
Lantmäteriverket 900

International relations

Town twinning

The municipality's is twinned with:^[3]

Buffalo City, South Africa
Álftanes, Iceland
Gjøvik, Norway
Næstved Municipality, Denmark
Rauma, Finland
Jūrmala, Latvia
Galva, Illinois, USA

Education

The University College of Gävle currently enrolls 12,500 students.

It offers courses of study at six departments: Business Administration, Education and Psychology, Caring Sciences and Sociology, Humanities and Social Sciences, Mathematics, Natural and Computer Sciences and Technology, and Built Environment.

Some courses are given in English taught both to visiting students from foreign partner institutions and to Swedish students.

Whisky

Valbo, a suburb of Gävle, is home to Mackmyra Whisky, the only whisky distillery in Sweden. Malt whisky is produced since 1999.

External links

Gävle - Official site
National Atlas of Sweden - Statistics

References

Notes

↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
↑ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2012" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
↑ http://epi.gavle.se/gk/t_sida.aspx?id=23075

v t e Municipalities and seats of Gävleborg County

Municipalities	Bollnäs Gävle Hofors Hudiksvall Ljusdal Nordanstig Ockelbo Ovanåker Sandviken Söderhamn

Municipal seats	Bergsjö Bollnäs Edsbyn Gävle Hofors Hudiksvall Ljusdal Ockelbo Sandviken Söderhamn

Counties of Sweden Sweden

v t e Localities in Gävle Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden

Localities:	Åbyggeby Berg Bergby Björke Bönan Forsbacka Forsby Furuvik Gävle (seat) Hamrångefjärden Hedesunda Lund Norrlandet Norrsundet Sälgsjön Skutskär (part of) Totra Trödje Valbo

Coordinates: 60°40′N 17°10′E / 60.667°N 17.167°E / 60.667; 17.167

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