Östhammar (municipality)
Östhammar municipality | |||||
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State : | Sweden | ||||
Province (län): | Uppsala län | ||||
Historical Province (landskap): | Uppland | ||||
Main place: | Osthammar | ||||
SCB code: | 0382 | ||||
Residents : | 22,250 (December 31, 2019) | ||||
Area : | 1,502.7 km² (January 1, 2016) | ||||
Population density : | 14.8 inhabitants / km² | ||||
Website : | www.osthammar.se | ||||
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Coordinates: 60 ° 16 ' N , 18 ° 22' O Östhammar is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province Uppsala County and the historical province Uppland . The main town of the municipality is Östhammar .
geography
The community is located in the area of Roslagen. Today, this means both the archipelago off the coast of Uppland and the adjacent mainland. The communities of Norrtälje and Östhammar make up the largest part of Roslagen today.
The north-western part of the island of Märket also belongs to the municipality .
history
The municipality of Östhammar was created in 1974 by merging the municipalities of Östhammar and Dannemora and part of the municipality of Oland.
coat of arms
Description: In gold, a black three-masted sailing ship with two billowing sails at the bow and stern and black mast flags waving to the right and with a red shield head and three gold Mars symbols.
economy
Today the economy is shaped by two large companies, Forsmarks kraftgrupp, a subsidiary of Vattenfall , in Forsmark and Sandvik Coromant in Gimo. Despite its small size with only 59 inhabitants, Forsmark is known throughout Sweden. Here are the three nuclear reactors Forsmark 1, 2 and 3 with a total output of 3,102 MW .
Bigger places
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
- ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)