Robertsfors (municipality)

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Robertsfors parish
Coat of arms of the municipality of Robertsfors Location of the municipality of Robertsfors
coat of arms Location in Västerbotten County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Västerbotten County
Historical Province (landskap): Västerbotten
Main place: Robertsfors
SCB code: 2409
Residents : 6747 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 1,313.4 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 5.1 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.robertsfors.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 64 ° 12 '  N , 20 ° 51'  E

The world's largest cheese slicer in Ånäset

Robertsfors is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Västerbotten County and the historic province of Västerbotten . The main town of the municipality is Robertsfors . The European road E4 runs through the municipality .

geography

The community extends 60 kilometers along the Baltic Sea coast and extends up to 40 kilometers inland. The following places ( tatorter ) belong to the municipality: Ånäset , Bygdeå and Robertsfors .

economy

The community is a traditional agricultural community with many small businesses. Industrial places are Robertsfors and Ånäset.

Attractions

In Robertsfors there is an industrial museum on the site of the ironworks that was closed in 1890. In Bygdeå , 17 kilometers south of Robertsfors, there is an old church from the 15th century, which was originally on a bay, but is now a few kilometers inland due to the Scandinavian uplift. There is an old assembly and court building by the church.

In Ånäset is the Nysätra Church, which dates from the early 18th century. It has a free-standing bell tower and is built in the style of a cruise ship. In Galgbacken there is an open-air museum with machines and tools that were previously used in agriculture. Also in Ånäset, near European route 4, there are the two largest cheese slicers in the world in a meadow .

A major battle took place in Ratan from 1808-09 during the war with Russia. The weir systems can be visited. The Flottarstigen , the raftsman's path , leads from Rickleån via Robertfors to Laxbacken. This hiking trail is around 20 km long.

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
Moderate samling party 277 (197) 6.34 (4.60) 2 (1)
Centerpartiet 1660 (1608) 37.99 (37.56) 12 (12)
Folkpartiet liberalerna 273 (258) 6.25 (6.03) 2 (2)
Kristdemokraterna 266 (344) 6.09 (8.04) 2 (3)
Socialdemokraterna 1546 (1655) 35.39 (38.66) 11 (12)
Vänsterpartiet 208 (92) 4.76 (2.15) 1 (0)
Miljöpartiet de gröna 122 (116) 2.79 (2.71) 1 (1)
Other 17 (11) 0.39 (0.26) 0 (0)

Web links

Commons : Municipality of Robertsfors  - 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. Raw data from the Swedish electoral authority