Östhammar (municipality)

Östhammar municipality
coat of arms Location in Uppsala County
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
List of municipalities in Sweden

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

• Osthammar
• Gimo
• Osterbybruk
• Hargshamn
• Dannemora
• Öregrund
• Alunda
• Skoby
• Norrskedika

Web links

Commons : Municipality of Östhammar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
2. ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)