Piteå (municipality)
Piteå municipality | |||||
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State : | Sweden | ||||
Province (län): | Norrbotten County | ||||
Historical Province (landskap): | Norrbotten | ||||
Main place: | Piteå | ||||
SCB code: | 2581 | ||||
Residents : | 42,281 (December 31, 2019) | ||||
Area : | 3,235.1 km² (January 1, 2016) | ||||
Population density : | 13.1 inhabitants / km² | ||||
Website : | www.pitea.se | ||||
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Coordinates: 65 ° 19 ′ N , 21 ° 29 ′ E
Piteå is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the northern Swedish province of Norrbotten County and the historic province of Norrbotten .
The main town of the municipality is the city of Piteå . Other notable towns are Bergsviken , Blåsmark , Böle , Hemmingsmark , Hortlax , Jävre , Lillpite , Norrfjärden , Roknäs , Rosvik , Sikfors , Sjulsmark , Svensbyn and Öjebyn . The European road E4 runs through the municipality .
geography
Piteå is a coastal municipality on the Gulf of Bothnia . The municipal area rises from the coastal plain to a wooded hill country.
economy
In addition to larger industrial companies such as Smurfit-Kappa and SCA (manufacture of Kraftliner = paper for cardboard manufacture) with two factories, there are also some medium-sized companies. The service sector and tourism are also important industries.
Currently (June 2018), the Markbygden wind farm, Europe's largest wind farm, is being installed near the town of Piteå . With around 1100 individual wind turbines , it should have an output of around 4000 megawatts after completion .
Attractions
Apart from the town of Piteå, Öjebyn, 5 kilometers north-west of Piteå, deserves a special mention. Öjebyn was actually the old Piteå before the city was moved to its current location due to the Scandinavian uplift . After that, Öjebyn became a church village with around 175 church huts. The church dates from the 14th century.
There is a well-known bathing beach 6 kilometers southeast of Piteå.
Web links
- Official website (Swedish, German)
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)