Uppsala Municipality

Uppsala Municipality
Uppsala kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Uppsala County
Seat Uppsala
Area[1]
 • Total 2,234.47 km2 (862.73 sq mi)
 • Land 2,182.8 km2 (842.8 sq mi)
 • Water 51.67 km2 (19.95 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (March 31, 2015)[2]
 • Total 207,981
 • Density 93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Uppland
Municipal code 0380
Website www.uppsala.se

Uppsala Municipality (Uppsala kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Uppsala has a population of 200,032 (November 23, 2011). Its seat is located in the university city of Uppsala.

Uppsala Municipality was created through amalgamations taking place during the late sixties and the early seventies. There are about thirty original local government units combined in the present municipality. A split took place in 2003, when Knivsta Municipality was formed.

Towns and villages

By population:

Government and politics

Historically, Uppsala Municipality has been a centre both of conservatism and liberalism, both receiving their ideological nourishment from the University. Today, however, the city is divided between left and right and has since 1994 been governed by a coalition of the Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Green Party until the 2006 elections where the centre-right coalition Alliance for Sweden won not only the national elections but also the regional.

Distribution of the 81 seats in the municipal council after the 2010 election:

Results of the Swedish general election, 2010 in Uppsala:

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality has the following twinnigs[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 mars 2015" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.uppsala.se/sv/Kommunpolitik/Internationellt-arbete/Kontaktorter-och-vanorter/Vanorter/

External links

Coordinates: 59°52′N 17°38′E / 59.867°N 17.633°E / 59.867; 17.633

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