Uppsala (municipality)

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Uppsala Municipality
Uppsala municipality coat of arms Location of the municipality of Uppsala
coat of arms Location in Uppsala County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Uppsala län
Historical Province (landskap): Uppland
Main place: Uppsala
SCB code: 0380
Residents : 230,767 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 2,234.4 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 103.3 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 751 70 - 757 59
Website : www.uppsala.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 59 ° 52 ′  N , 17 ° 38 ′  O Uppsala is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Uppsala län and the historic province of Uppland . The main town of the municipality is Uppsala .

geography

The city of Uppsala currently (2005) covers 2.18 percent of the total area of ​​the municipality.

history

In 983 Styrbjörn the Strong lost the Battle of Fyrisvall ( Slaget vid Fyrisvallarna ) in the area around Uppsala .

The municipality of Knivsta belonged to Uppsala until January 1, 2003, but is now an independent municipality.

coat of arms

Description: In blue, a running, red-tongued and armored, looking golden lion with a crown and a raised right paw.

politics

City council election 2014
 %
30th
20th
10
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26.83%
(+ 2.29  % p )
19.03%
(-9.12  % p )
13.13%
(+1.00  % p )
8.73%
(+1.99  % p )
8.24%
(-1.60  % p )
6.64%
(-0.39  % p )
6.60%
(+ 3.28  % p )
5.59%
(-0.02  % p )
3.19%
(+1.99  % p )
2.03%
(+0.58  % p )
Otherwise.
2010

2014

Distribution of seats
         
A total of 81 seats
  • FI : 2
  • V : 8
  • S : 22
  • MP : 12
  • C : 6
  • FP : 7
  • KD : 4
  • M : 15
  • SD : 5

The local council (Swedish kommunfullmäktige ) was last elected in 2014 and currently has 81 seats.

Political party be right percent Mandates
Moderate samling party 30,441 (17,893) 26.39 (16.51) 22 (14)
Centerpartiet 10,914 0(6,262) 09.46 0(5.78) 08 0(3)
Folkpartiet liberalerna 14,856 (20,668) 12.88 (19.07) 11 (16)
Kristdemokraterna 07,821 0(7,684) 06.78 0(7.09) 06 0(6)
Socialdemokraterna 28,813 (33,947) 24.98 (31.32) 21 (27)
Vänsterpartiet 08,283 (10,697) 07.18 0(9.87) 06 0(9)
Miljöpartiet de gröna 09,945 0(7,610) 08.62 0(7.02) 06 0(6)
Sveriges pensioners intresseparti 00.147 00.(707) 00.13 0(0.65) 00 0(0)
Sverigedemokraterna 02,625 0(1,643) 02.28 0(1.52) 01 0(0)
Upplands sjukvårdsparti 00.765 00.(286) 00.66 0(0.26) 00 0(0)
Other 00.734 00.(985) 00.64 0(0.91) 00 0(0)

Attractions

Old Uppsala Church.

In the city of Uppsala itself there are numerous sights (see section there ).

Outside the city of Uppsala is Alt-Uppsala , a historic settlement with important barrows and an imposing church. The historical location of the Temple of Uppsala is also believed to be there.

The stones of Mora (Swedish Mora stenar ) are often counted among the attractions of Uppsala, but are actually part of the municipality of Knivsta.

places

The following places are localities ( tatorter ) :

As a smaller place u. a. known:

Twin cities

Web links

Commons : Uppsala Municipality  - Collection of pictures, 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. ↑ Postcode ZIP code Uppsala, Sweden - GeoPostcodes. Retrieved September 2, 2017 .
  4. ↑ http://www.val.se/val/val2006/slutlig/K/kommun/03/80/roster.html