Uppsala Municipality

Municipality in Uppsala County, Sweden

Uppsala Municipality Uppsala kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Uppsala County
Seat	Uppsala
Area [1]
• Total	2,234.47 km2 (862.73 sq mi)
• Land	2,182.8 km2 (842.8 sq mi)
• Water	51.67 km2 (19.95 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2017)[2]
• Total	219,914
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Uppland
Municipal code	0380
Website	www.uppsala.se

Uppsala Municipality (Uppsala kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Uppsala has a population of 211,411 (2016-06-30). Its seat is located in the university city of Uppsala.

Uppsala Municipality was created through amalgamations taking place during the late sixties and the early seventies. There are about thirty original local government units combined in the present municipality. A split took place in 2003, when Knivsta Municipality was formed.

Contents

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  1 Towns and villages
  


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  2 Government and politics
  


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  3 International relations
  
  
  
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    3.1 Twin towns — sister cities
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 References
  


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  5 External links
  

Towns and villages

By population:

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  Uppsala (seat)


• Sävja


• Storvreta


• Björklinge


• Bälinge


• Vattholma


• Vänge


• Lövstalöt


• Almunge


• Länna


• Skyttorp


• Ytternäs och Vreta


• Knutby


• Gåvsta


• Järlåsa


• Gunsta


• Skölsta


• Ramstalund


• Håga


• Vårdsätra


• Skoby


• Läby


• Blackstalund

Government and politics

Historically, Uppsala Municipality has been a centre both of conservatism and liberalism, both receiving their ideological nourishment from the University. Today, however, the city is divided between left and right and has since 1994 been governed by a coalition of the Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Green Party until the 2006 elections where the centre-right coalition Alliance for Sweden won not only the national elections but also the regional.

Distribution of the 81 seats in the municipal council after the 2010 election:

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  Moderate Party 23


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  Social Democratic Party 21


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  Green Party 11


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  Liberal People's Party 8


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  Centre Party 6


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  Left Party 6


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  Christian Democrats 4


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  Sweden Democrats 2

Results of the Swedish general election, 2010 in Uppsala:

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  Moderate Party 29.5%


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  Social Democratic Party 24.0%


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  Green Party 11.2%


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  Liberal People's Party 9.1%


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  Centre Party 7.6%


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  Christian Democrats 6.4%


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  Left Party 6.4%


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  Sweden Democrats 3.8%

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — sister cities

The municipality has the following twinnigs^[3]

Bærum, Norway Frederiksberg Municipality, Denmark Hafnarfjörður, Iceland Hämeenlinna, Finland Tartu, Estonia Minneapolis, United States Daejeon, South Korea Nanjing, China Heidelberg, Germany

References

1. 
   ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2014-04-18..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


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   ^ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2017" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
   


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   ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2014-05-17.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
   

External links

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  Uppsala Municipality - Official site

v t e Municipalities and seats of Uppsala County
Municipalities	Älvkarleby Enköping Håbo Heby Knivsta Östhammar Tierp Uppsala
Municipal seats	Bålsta Enköping Heby Knivsta Östhammar Skutskär Tierp Uppsala
Counties of Sweden Sweden

v t e Localities in Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden
Localities	Almunge Bälinge Bärby Björklinge Blackstalund Gåvsta Gunsta Håga Järlåsa Knutby Läby Länna Lövstalöt Ramstalund Sävja Skoby (part of) Skölsta Skyttorp Storvreta Uppsala (seat) Vänge Vårdsätra Vattholma Ytternäs och Vreta

Coordinates: 59°52′N 17°38′E / 59.867°N 17.633°E / 59.867; 17.633

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