Gävle Municipality

Gävle Municipality

*Gävle kommun*
Gävle Municipality Gävle kommun
Municipality
	Gävle Firestation
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 60°40′N 17°10′E / 60.667°N 17.167°E
Country	Sweden
County	Gävleborg County
Seat	Gävle
Area
• Total	3,199.84 km2 (1,235.47 sq mi)
• Land	1,613.37 km2 (622.93 sq mi)
• Water	1,586.47 km2 (612.54 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)
• Total	103,532
• Density	32/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Gästrikland
Municipal code	2180
Website	www.gavle.se

Gävle Municipality (Gävle kommun) is a municipality in east central Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the Stad (city) of Gävle.

Geographically the municipality is situated north of the mouth of the river Dalälven and is the southernmost municipality of the historical land of Norrland.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Gävle was amalgamated with four surrounding rural municipalities. All of them were original entities, instituted as municipalities by the local government acts of 1862. The area had not been affected by the national subdivision reform in 1952.

Geography

Gävle is situated by the Baltic Sea near the mouth of the river Dalälven. At 60 degrees north and 17 degrees east, Gävle has the same latitude as Helsinki and the same longitude as Vienna and Cape Town.

Gävle has a similar continental climate to the rest of central Sweden with an average temperature of −5 °C (23 °F) in January and 17 °C (63 °F) in July. Yearly rainfall is around 600 mm (24 in).

Localities

Data from 2000.^[3]

Town	Population	Area (km²)
Gävle	92,681	41.58
Valbo	6,984	8.14
Forsbacka	1,716	1.71
Hedesunda	1,071	1.67
Norrsundet	1,044	1.89
Bergby	834	1.91
Forsby	617	0.87
Hamrångefjärden	558	1.57
Furuvik	472	0.96
Åbyggeby	457	0.87
Lund	380	1.14
Björke	362	0.58
Trödje	321	0.67
Bönan	273	0.65
Totra	255	0.76
Berg	231	0.51
Hagsta	206	0.74

Economy

Major employers in Gävle:

Gävle Municipality 8,000
County Council 8,000
Stora Enso 1,200
Ericsson 1,100
BillerudKorsnäs 1,100
Lantmäteriet 900

Whisky

Mackmyra Whisky in Valbo, a suburb of Gävle, is the only whisky distillery in Sweden. Malt whisky is produced since 1999.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Gävle Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[4]

In total there were 78,868 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.^[4] 48.9% voted for the left coalition and 49.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

%

Andersberg C

2,576

1,324

74.7

20.5

49

25

75

12,443

19

Andersberg N

1,720

1,276

53.3

44.3

73

67

33

24,148

40

Andersberg-Sälgsjön

1,859

1,476

49.6

81

19

27,276

40

Bergby-Axmar

1,683

1,416

42.9

55.6

82

93

7

23,236

25

Björke-Trödje

2,124

1,708

37.4

61.6

88

94

6

29,602

37

Bomhus C

1,629

1,155

48.9

50.6

89

87

13

30,616

49

Bomhus N

1,796

1,381

42.7

56.1

82

85

15

27,566

38

Bomhus SO

1,861

1,370

51.1

47.5

82

85

15

25,202

33

Bomhus SV

2,010

1,434

49.0

49.9

85

15

28,901

41

Bomhus V

2,108

1,482

50.9

48.0

71

74

26

20,459

35

Bomhus Ö

2,018

1,553

42.9

56.7

89

90

10

30,638

40

Brynäs C

1,999

1,732

55.6

42.2

72

76

24

21,964

35

Brynäs S

2,024

1,619

55.7

42.4

72

67

33

22,721

39

Brynäs V

1,800

1,339

56.9

40.9

71

62

38

21,588

35

Brynäs Ö

2,075

1,546

55.8

41.6

68

60

40

20,873

31

Forsbacka

1,892

1,545

46.4

53.1

78

87

13

25,011

32

Fridhem

1,716

1,226

50.8

48.0

92

90

10

34,474

68

Furuvik-Ytterharnäs

1,367

1,016

39.8

59.6

87

92

8

29,847

42

Gävle Strand

1,696

1,563

45.2

53.8

80

79

21

31,057

47

Hagaström C

2,162

1,572

50.8

48.2

90

93

7

32,233

60

Hedesunda N

1,324

1,057

34.9

64.0

82

92

8

23,444

24

Hedesunda S

1,381

1,119

39.9

58.5

87

94

6

25,984

31

Hemlingby

2,249

1,709

42.7

56.6

90

92

8

33,071

56

Hemsta

1,671

1,484

54.2

44.5

78

81

19

24,991

43

Hille

2,319

1,718

45.1

54.2

89

95

5

30,366

48

Nordost

2,029

1,363

64.4

33.6

58

33

67

15,621

25

Norr

1,304

1,128

47.0

52.1

83

81

19

26,267

49

Norrlandet-Utvalnäs

2,317

1,766

37.0

62.6

88

92

8

35,076

35

Norrsundet-Hamrångef.

1,655

1,334

49.3

49.8

73

89

11

21,631

22

Norrtull-Lexe

2,103

1,805

51.5

47.9

84

88

12

29,883

56

Olsbacka

1,569

1,168

50.1

49.3

85

87

13

30,740

57

Stigslund

2,209

1,780

47.9

51.4

85

89

11

27,352

46

Strömsbro

2,391

1,930

45.2

54.3

88

93

7

31,506

56

Sätra C

2,120

1,551

60.5

37.7

63

60

40

17,831

36

Sätra NO

2,201

1,520

61.3

35.3

70

56

44

20,414

38

Sätra NV

2,200

1,596

53.2

45.1

83

74

26

29,093

52

Sätra V

2,280

1,558

52.1

46.2

80

73

27

25,727

43

Sätra Ö

2,902

1,539

60.9

35.0

54

32

68

11,899

34

Söder V

2,123

1,881

49.6

48.8

79

80

20

25,261

42

Söder Ö

2,155

1,846

49.3

48.0

79

21

24,303

42

Södertull

1,867

1,710

49.0

49.8

78

85

15

24,406

45

Sörby

2,432

1,770

54.1

43.6

76

72

28

23,291

44

Valbo C

2,123

1,601

45.5

53.1

83

90

10

26,306

34

Valbo N

2,081

1,683

46.5

52.3

77

86

14

22,290

32

Valbo V

2,174

1,631

44.0

55.7

90

95

5

31,360

44

Valbo Ö-Hagaström

2,518

1,907

42.7

56.7

90

93

7

31,798

45

Vallbacken

2,054

1,753

52.7

46.0

80

85

15

26,492

52

Villastaden

2,215

1,812

42.4

57.1

66

86

14

24,501

65

Väster N

1,813

1,666

48.5

49.8

83

85

15

27,724

52

Väster S

1,448

1,314

49.0

50.2

81

19

24,479

41

Åbyggeby

2,162

1,555

39.7

59.8

91

95

5

31,767

44

Öster-Alderholmen

1,432

881

65.5

30.7

59

36

64

16,442

29

Source: SVT^[4]

Politics

The municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige) has 65 members, elected for a four-year period. The last election was held in September 2022. Eight parties are represented in the assembly. The largest party is the Swedish Social Democratic Party which has 21 seats. The current chairman of the municipal assembly is the liberal Per-Åke Fredriksson, with the current chairman of the municipal executive committee (kommunstyrelsen) is Åsa Wiklund Lång.