Piteå Municipality

Piteå Municipality (Swedish: Piteå kommun; Finnish: Piitimen kunta) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Piteå.

Piteå Municipality Piteå kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 65°20′N 21°30′E
Country	Sweden
County	Norrbotten County
Seat	Piteå
Area [1]
• Total	4,680.52 km2 (1,807.16 sq mi)
• Land	3,086.95 km2 (1,191.88 sq mi)
• Water	1,593.57 km2 (615.28 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2024)[2]
• Total	42,447
• Density	9.1/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Norrbotten
Municipal code	2581
Website	www.pitea.se

Localities

There are 14 localities (or urban areas) in Piteå Municipality:^[3]

#	Locality	Population
1	Piteå	22,650
2	Bergsviken	2,317
3	Rosvik	1,766
4	Norrfjärden	1,423
5	Hortlax	1,247
6	Roknäs	1,242
7	Jävre	572
8	Lillpite	454
9	Böle	418
10	Hemmingsmark	398
11	Sjulsmark	369
12	Svensbyn	362
13	Blåsmark	332
14	Sikfors	211

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Piteå 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 42,282 residents, including 33,405 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[4] 63.9% voted for the left coalition and 35.0% 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
			%	%
Backen Annelund	1,891	1,444	66.1	33.3	86	90	10	27,146	39
Backen Källbo	1,824	1,603	64.9	33.9	84	89	11	23,899	37
Bergsviken V	1,417	1,078	65.5	33.7	88	95	5	29,339	39
Bergsviken Ö	1,138	910	64.4	34.8	88	96	4	29,878	44
Blåsmark	968	727	70.2	29.3	89	96	4	27,716	33
Djupviken N	2,046	1,608	66.7	32.2	71	88	12	23,353	49
Djupviken S	1,804	1,358	65.8	33.6	87	92	8	30,681	50
Hortlax	2,002	1,507	61.1	38.0	90	96	4	28,773	39
Häggholmen V	1,783	1,583	68.9	30.2	77	88	12	21,053	31
Häggholmen Ö	1,613	1,499	76.8	22.0	65	88	12	18,462	31
Jävre	1,026	807	64.7	34.3	88	95	5	27,839	39
Klubbgärdet	1,466	1,167	59.8	38.8	84	92	8	28,845	39
Munksund N	1,675	1,331	65.6	34.0	81	93	7	26,146	37
Munksund S	1,596	1,289	60.1	39.0	87	92	8	29,291	35
Norrmalm	849	746	68.4	30.6	81	91	9	24,826	39
Pitholm	1,705	1,352	66.4	32.6	86	93	7	31,032	47
Porsnäs V	1,199	879	61.5	36.9	86	92	8	25,800	36
Porsnäs Ö	1,301	1,029	62.5	36.2	91	97	3	29,044	44
Roknäs Lillpite	1,734	1,416	60.1	38.1	82	94	6	24,998	27
Rosvik	2,161	1,592	55.3	43.9	85	90	10	26,408	36
Sjulnäs Böle	1,772	1,313	63.1	35.0	90	97	3	29,512	34
Sjulsmark	1,759	1,372	57.0	40.8	85	95	5	26,567	32
Strömnäs	1,620	1,241	60.7	38.6	84	90	10	29,709	51
Svensbyn	938	738	66.8	32.9	86	97	3	29,726	37
Öjebyn C	1,263	912	66.4	32.2	68	85	15	22,030	26
Öjebyn N	1,948	1,479	64.3	34.7	76	87	13	23,049	30
Öjebyn S	1,784	1,425	66.3	32.8	77	90	10	25,039	28
Source: SVT[4]

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Piteå is twinned with:^[5]

• Grindavík, Iceland
• Kandalaksha, Russia (Paused due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine)
• Saint Barthélemy, France

Notable natives

• Lina Andersson, cross-country skier
• Christopher Jacob Boström, philosopher
• Curt Boström, politician
• Moki Cherry, artist
• Nicolai Dunger, artist
• Nils Edén, politician
• Tomas Holmström, ice hockey player
• Niklas Jonsson, cross-country skier
• Liza Marklund, author
• Peter Mattei, opera singer
• Stefan Persson, ice hockey player
• Mikael Renberg, ice hockey player
• Daniel Solander, botanist
• Mattias Öhlund, ice hockey player

See also

• List of islands of the Piteå archipelago
• Gråträsk