Ockelbo (municipality)

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Ockelbo municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Ockelbo Location of the municipality of Ockelbo
coat of arms Location in Gävleborg County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Gävleborg County
Historical provinces (landskap): Gästrikland
Hälsingland
Main place: Ockelbo
SCB code: 2101
Residents : 5908 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 1129 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 5.2 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.ockelbo.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 60 ° 53 '  N , 16 ° 43'  O Ockelbo is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province Gävleborg and the historical provinces Gästrikland and Hälsingland . The main town of the municipality is Ockelbo .

Other localities are Åmot, Jädraås, Lingbo , Vallsbo and other smaller villages. The main railway line Stockholm - Ånge ( Norra stambanan ) runs through the municipality .

geography

The municipality is occupied by a wooded hill country with numerous lakes and wetlands.

economy

The community is located in an area with traditional forestry and iron processing. But today the municipality itself and the provincial assembly are the largest employers.

politics

The election to the municipal parliament on September 17, 2006 resulted in the following result. The results from 2002 in brackets.

Political party be right percent Mandates
Moderata samlingspartiet 393 (244) 10.81 (6.89) 3 (2)
Centerpartiet 814 (881) 22.40 (24.87) 7 (8)
Folkpartiet liberalerna 42 (60) 1.16 (1.69) 0 (0)
Kristdemokraterna 137 (59) 3.77 (1.67) 1 (0)
Socialdemokraterna 1677 (1479) 46.15 (41.74) 15 (14)
Vänsterpartiet 430 (701) 11.83 (19.79) 4 (6)
Miljöpartiet de Gröna 84 (86) 2.31 (2.43) 1 (1)
Other 57 (33) 1.57 (0.93) 0 (0)

coat of arms

Prince Daniel's coat of arms

Split into silver and green by a pine cut with three green rings on stakes in front and a silver hammer on the back. Since Daniel of Sweden , husband of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden , grew up in Ockelbo, the heart shield of his coat of arms is borrowed from Ockelbos.

Town twinning

Web links

Commons : Municipality of Ockelbo  - 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)
  3. ↑ http://www.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/xml/slutresultat_00K.xml