Lycksele Municipality

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Lycksele Municipality (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Lycksele and the municipality is located in the southern parts of Swedish Lapland.

The municipality traces its history to Lycksele parish, which was in effect during the 19th century with very similar borders and size (5,000-5,500 km2). The whole rural municipality Lycksele became a market town (köping) in 1929 and city in 1946. In 1971 it was amalgamated with Örträsk Municipality.

Generally the northern municipalities, already sparsely populated, have population decreases, but various supporting projects also exist. For instance, a campus of Umeå University is situated here.

Localities

There are two localities (or urban areas) in Lycksele Municipality:[1]

# Locality Population
1 Lycksele 8,597
2 Kristineberg 331

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Lycksele Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[2]

In total there were 12,255 residents, including 9,233 Swedish citizens of voting age.[2] 53.2% voted for the left coalition and 46.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Transport

There is an airport just south of Lycksele, from which one can reach Stockholm in about 80 minutes.

Previously, the railroad between Umeå and Storuman was the main means of transportation, but its significance has diminished and passenger traffic was discontinued. There are now daily buses to towns like Umeå, Storuman and Tärnaby. In August 2011, passenger train services between Lycksele and Umeå were re-established.[3]

The European route E12, also known as Blå vägen ("The Blue Road") winds along the Ume River and passes through Lycksele.

Sister cities

Lycksele Municipality has three sister cities:

References

  1. Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
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