Malå Municipality

Malå Municipality

*Malå kommun*
Malå Municipality Malå kommun
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 65°11′N 18°45′E / 65.183°N 18.750°E
Country	Sweden
County	Västerbotten County
Seat	Malå
Area
• Total	1,727.48 km2 (666.98 sq mi)
• Land	1,598.95 km2 (617.36 sq mi)
• Water	128.53 km2 (49.63 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)
• Total	2,990
• Density	1.7/km2 (4.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Lapland
Municipal code	2418
Website	www.mala.se

Malå Municipality (Swedish: Malå kommun; Ume Sami: Málágen kommuvdna) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Malå.

History

Between 1974 and 1982 Malå Municipality was included in Norsjö Municipality. In 1983 it was re-established within its former boundaries.

Geography

The municipality is situated within the province of Lapland, and as such is characterized by a sparse population and wide areas of untouched nature and wildlife.

Malå Municipality is also one of the southernmost outposts of the native Sami people settlements.

The nearest towns are Arvidsjaur and Lycksele, at a distance of about 80 kilometers, taking about an hour to drive. Both towns have airports with routes to larger cities such as Stockholm.

The nearest cities are Skellefteå, Luleå and Umeå on the east coast, each about 200 kilometers away.^{[citation needed]}

Locality

There is only one locality (or urban area) in Malå Municipality:^[3]

#	Locality	Population
1	Malå	2,089

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Malå 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 3,034 residents, including 2,259 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[4] 54.9 % voted for the left coalition and 44.4 % for the right coalition. The left coalition won both electoral districts by larger margins than the overall mean, due to the postal vote seeing a majority for the right coalition. This slightly narrowed the overall margin. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location