Malå (municipality)

Malå municipality
coat of arms Location in Västerbotten County
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Västerbotten County
Historical Province (landskap):	Lapland
Main place:	Malå
SCB code:	2418
Residents :	3068 (December 31, 2019)
Area :	1,727.5 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density :	1.8 inhabitants / km²
Website :	www.mala.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 65 ° 11 ′  N , 18 ° 45 ′  O Malå is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Västerbotten County and the historic province of Lapland . The main town of the municipality is Malå .

Other places are Adak , Aspliden , Rentjärn , Rökå and the summer camp Koppsele . Regional road 370 runs through the municipality. As of 2018, it is the sixth smallest municipality in Sweden.

An example of famous people from the municipality is Stor-Stina, also known as Långa Lapplickan (the Long Samem girl).

Attractions

• Heimat- und Sami museum
• 1960s museum
• Göta & Verner museum showing the lifestyle around 1910
• In Kristineberg on the border to the municipality of Lycksele there is an underground church 90 m below ground (see Lycksele (municipality) )

politics

The largest party, except in 2006, has always been the Swedish Social Democrats (SAP) , which got a majority in every election in the 1980s.

After the victory of the newly founded Malålistan party in 2006, it ruled for four years in a right-wing coalition across the country, typical for this term after the success of Fredrik Reinfeld and his alliance , with the People's Party , Center Party and Christian Democrats .

Since 2010 the Social Democrats have been in power again , together with the Left Party .

Web links

Commons : Malå Municipality  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (Swedish)

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)