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Luleå Municipality

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Luleå Municipality
Luleå kommun
Municipality
Luleå town hall
Luleå town hall
Coat of arms of Luleå Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 65°35′N 22°09′E / 65.583°N 22.150°E / 65.583; 22.150
CountrySweden
CountyNorrbotten County
SeatLuleå
Area
[1]
 • Total
4,953.75 km2 (1,912.65 sq mi)
 • Land2,094.18 km2 (808.57 sq mi)
 • Water2,859.57 km2 (1,104.09 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (30 June 2025)[2]
 • Total
79,690
 • Density38.05/km2 (98.56/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceNorrbotten
Municipal code2580
Websitelulea.se

Luleå Municipality (Swedish: Luleå kommun[a]) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Luleå, which is also the county seat of Norrbotten County.

Localities

Luleå

There are 18 localities (or urban areas) in Luleå Municipality:[3]

#LocalityPopulation
1Luleå45,467
2Gammelstaden4,892
3Bergnäset3,674
4Södra Sunderbyn2,875
5Råneå2,030
6Antnäs845
7Alvik771
8Rutvik759
9Måttsund587
10Bensbyn434
11Bälinge317
12Ersnäs299
13Kallax291
14Karlsvik270
15Klöverträsk260
16Jämtön236
17Brändön233
18Persön226

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Luleå Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[4]

In total there were 78,846 residents, including 61,094 Swedish citizens of voting age.[4] 56.9% voted for the left coalition and 42.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Residents Citizen
adults		 Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents		 Foreign
heritage		 Income
SEK		 Degree
% %
Alvik-Ersnäs 2,070 1,526 53.3 45.4 88 93 7 28,510 41
Antnäs-Måttsund 1,878 1,386 52.1 46.7 90 94 6 30,628 50
Avan-Bälinge 1,509 1,178 49.5 49.4 89 94 6 28,165 41
Bensbyn-Brändön 1,931 1,437 47.1 52.1 90 94 6 31,492 51
Bergstaden 1,587 1,126 60.4 38.3 76 75 25 23,619 37
Bergviken 1,138 986 61.6 37.9 79 89 11 25,419 58
Björkskatan N 2,015 1,490 62.4 36.7 82 87 13 28,697 59
Björkskatan S 1,402 1,081 60.5 38.9 83 86 14 27,664 60
Bredviken-Lerbäcken 1,973 1,430 59.4 40.2 88 90 10 31,125 56
Burströmska 1,480 1,232 64.5 34.6 83 90 10 27,798 52
G:a Bergnäset-Kallax 1,419 1,125 51.7 48.2 83 93 7 31,108 48
Gammelstad 1,399 1,076 62.9 36.5 86 94 6 30,712 59
Gültsauudden-N Hamn 1,201 1,024 59.2 40.2 78 88 12 27,389 50
Hammaren 1,883 1,355 60.8 38.8 89 92 8 33,384 59
Hertsöcentrum 1,931 1,377 66.3 32.7 76 73 27 23,614 31
Hertsölund 1,761 1,207 61.3 36.9 76 75 25 24,017 34
Hertsöängar 2,040 1,505 54.6 44.5 78 77 23 24,582 32
Hällbacken 1,174 711 48.4 51.1 93 91 9 33,673 67
Jämtön-Vitå 865 701 55.2 44.3 88 94 6 24,743 32
Kallkällan 1,616 1,300 60.8 37.7 79 83 17 25,042 40
Klintbacken 1,106 874 58.4 40.8 62 83 17 21,152 58
Kronan 2,172 1,776 55.8 43.6 88 87 13 33,787 66
Kulturens hus 1,518 1,358 55.0 43.7 82 90 10 28,171 49
Köpmantorget 1,391 1,239 59.3 40.4 83 88 12 26,851 47
Lillporsön 1,538 1,152 55.6 41.5 54 66 34 8,942 65
Lulsundet 1,762 1,277 61.7 37.4 76 86 14 28,921 66
Malmudden 1,013 966 63.0 35.9 75 82 18 23,664 41
Mjölkudden 1,639 1,304 63.4 35.6 81 86 14 26,723 49
Munkeberg 2,039 1,621 56.8 42.0 82 85 15 26,898 54
Niemisel-Prästholm 966 797 42.9 55.1 86 92 8 23,236 24
Norra Örnäset 1,481 1,217 63.9 34.4 78 77 23 22,947 39
Notviken 2,600 1,728 56.3 42.2 76 70 30 25,128 40
Persön 1,723 1,323 42.0 55.4 86 93 7 28,480 38
Porsöberget 1,261 918 59.4 39.0 87 82 18 31,210 65
Porsöudden 1,193 818 60.4 37.5 66 68 32 20,028 44
Rutvik 1,263 866 51.9 47.5 90 94 6 31,617 49
Råneå 2,152 1,708 48.9 50.2 81 86 14 23,282 29
Skurholmen 1,900 1,485 61.3 37.5 82 86 14 26,384 45
Stadsparken 1,639 1,487 58.1 41.1 81 87 13 26,478 53
Stadsön 2,324 1,794 59.6 39.1 81 86 14 25,782 45
Sunderbyn 1,601 1,104 55.5 42.7 88 92 8 32,837 57
Svartöstan-Lövskatan 1,584 1,283 59.9 39.3 84 89 11 27,583 45
Södra hamn 1,738 1,583 58.4 41.4 84 90 10 28,349 52
Södra Örnäset 1,467 1,184 60.6 37.6 73 73 27 22,653 28
Trollstaden 1,662 1,211 53.8 45.8 91 94 6 34,703 66
Universitetet 1,856 1,485 42.8 54.1 26 70 30 4,126 79
Varvet 1,248 1,120 55.6 44.1 81 88 12 25,886 50
Öhemmanet-Karlsvik 1,451 1,083 60.7 38.4 85 91 9 30,674 52
Östermalm 1,287 1,080 63.2 35.6 82 88 12 26,536 54
Source: SVT[4]

Twin towns and sister cities

Luleå is twinned: with[5]

See also

Notes

  1. Finnish: Luulajan kunta; Meänkieli: Luulajan kunta; Northern Sami: Julevu gielda

References

  1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 1 January 2014. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  2. "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 2, 2025" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  3. Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
  4. "Valresultat 2022 för Luleå i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  5. "Vänorter" (in Swedish). Luleå kommun. Retrieved 21 January 2025.