Umeå Municipality


Umeå Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is Umeå, which is also the county seat of Västerbotten County.

Administration

The municipality is an administrative entity defined by geographical borders, consisting of Umeå and a large area around it. The present municipality consists of many former local government units joined together in a series of municipal reforms carried out between 1952 and 1974.
A 65-member municipal assembly is elected by proportional representation for a four-year term. The assembly appoints the 9-member executive committee and the 7 governing commissioners. The executive committee and the commissioners are headed by the chairman, since 1996 Social Democrat Lennart Holmlund. Since the 2010 municipal election the municipality is headed by a Social Democratic-Left Party coalition a single seat short of absolute majority. Of the eight parties represented in the Riksdag since 2010, all but the Sweden Democrats are found in the assembly, as well as the breakaway Socialist Justice Party headed by former Social Democrat Jan Hägglund, renamed the Workers' Party in 2011.

Localities

There are 20 localities in Umeå Municipality:
#LocalityPopulation
1Umeå75,645
2Holmsund5,482
3Sävar2,672
4Hörnefors2,573
5Röbäck2,300
6Obbola2,175
7Ersmark1,486
8Täfteå1,029
9Tomtebo633
10Innertavle549
11Stöcke477
12Hissjön447
13Sörfors397
14Bullmark343
15Flurkmark302
16Tavelsjö247
17Sörmjöle231
18Västibyn219
19Botsmark209
20Stöcksjö205

The municipal seat in bold

Other villages

Twin towns — Sister cities

Umeå Municipality is twinned with:
In Twin Towns' Park is the artwork Tellus: it is a map of the world, with each sister city's location. Each sister city also has a designated themed area in the park.