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Gävle Municipality (Gävle kommun) is a municipality in east central Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the Stad (city) of Gävle.

Gävle Municipality Gävle kommun
Municipality
Gävle Firestation
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 60°40′N 17°10′E
Country	Sweden
County	Gävleborg County
Seat	Gävle
Area [1]
• Total	3,199.84 km2 (1,235.47 sq mi)
• Land	1,613.37 km2 (622.93 sq mi)
• Water	1,586.47 km2 (612.54 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2021)[2]
• Total	103,136
• Density	32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Gästrikland
Municipal code	2180
Website	www.gavle.se

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).

Localities

Data from 2000.[3]

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

Economy

Major employers in Gävle:

1. Gävle Municipality 8,000
2. County Council 8,000
3. Stora Enso 1,200
4. Ericsson 1,100
5. BillerudKorsnäs 1,100
6. Lantmäteriet 900

Whisky

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

Politics

The municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige) has 65 members, elected for a four-year period. The last election was held in September 2018. Eight parties are represented in the assembly. The largest party is the Swedish Social Democratic Party which has 21 seats. The current chairman of the municipal assembly is the social democrat Eva Aländer, with the current chairman of the municipal executive committee (kommunstyrelsen) is Åsa Wiklund Lång.

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.

International relations

Town twinning

The municipality's is twinned with:[4]

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

See also

• Municipalities of Sweden
• List of Swedish municipalities
• International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships (1995)
• Gävleborg County Administrative Board
• List of Gävleborg Governors

References

Notes

External links

• Gävle - Official site
• National Atlas of Sweden - Statistics

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