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Långträsk
Långträsk is a village (''småort'') in the Swedish Piteå Municipality Piteå Municipality (; ) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Piteå. Localities There are 14 localities (or urban areas) in Piteå Municipality: The municipal seat in bold Demographics This is .... It got a train station in 1893, but there are no passengers being transported anymore. The village had 101 inhabitants in 2015 Near the village is the Länsväg 373. The village has a station on the train line Boden – Bräcke. References Populated places in Norrbotten County {{sweden-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Småort
An urban area or () in Sweden has a minimum of 200 inhabitants and may be a city, town or larger village. It is a purely statistical concept, not defined by any municipal or county boundaries. Larger urban areas synonymous with cities or towns ( for both terms) for statistical purposes have a minimum of 10,000 inhabitants.. The same statistical definition is also used for urban areas in the other Nordic countries. In 2018, there were nearly two thousand urban areas in Sweden, which were inhabited by 87% of the Swedish population. ''Urban area'' is a common English translation of the Swedish term . The official term in English used by Statistics Sweden is, however, "locality" (). It could be compared with "census-designated places" in the United States. History Until the beginning of the 20th century, only the towns/cities were regarded as urban areas. The built-up area and the municipal entity were normally almost congruent. Urbanization and industrialization created, however ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piteå Municipality
Piteå Municipality (; ) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Piteå. Localities There are 14 localities (or urban areas) in Piteå Municipality: The municipal seat in bold Demographics This is a demographic table based on Piteå Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 42,282 residents, including 33,405 Swedish citizens of voting age. 63.9% voted for the left coalition and 35.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. Twin towns – sister cities Piteå is twinned with: * Grindavík, Iceland * Kandalaksha, Russia (Paused due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine) * Saint Barthélemy, France Notable natives * Lina Andersson, cross-country skier * Christopher Jacob Boström, philosopher * Curt Boström, politician * Moki Cherry, artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Main Line Through Upper Norrland
The Main Line Through Upper Norrland () is a long railway line between Bräcke, Jämtland County and Boden, Norrbotten County in Sweden. For military and regional policy reasons, it was built in very sparsely populated areas, far away from the more densely populated coast. The line has several branches to settlements on the coast, the ones to Umeå and Luleå being considered part of the line itself. Today the three largest settlements along the line are Boden (population 18,800), Älvsbyn (population 5,500) and Vännäs (population 4,100). In 2010, the Bothnia Line opened, which parallels the Main Line Through Upper Norrland along the coast from Sundsvall to Umeå. From 2013 all passenger traffic moved from the Main Line to the Bothnia Line, ending service between along the section between Bräcke and Vännäs. The North Bothnia Line is under planning, and will in a future allow high-speed trains to run to Luleå. Services The line is dominated by freight traffic, mostly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |