Gällivare Municipality
Gällivare Municipality (Template:Langx; Template:Langx or Template:Lang; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is Gällivare. It is the third largest municipality in Sweden. Gällivare Lapland Airport is the only airport in the region able to accommodate commercial fixed-wing aircraft; as such, it is a popular destination for hikers wishing to visit the Sarek and Padjelanta national parks.
Localities and settlements
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There are six localities (or urban areas) in Gällivare Municipality:<ref>Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005</ref>
| # | Locality | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gällivare | 8,480 |
| 2 | Malmberget | 6,017 |
| 3 | Koskullskulle | 899 |
| 4 | Hakkas | 383 |
| 5 | Ullatti | 230 |
| 6 | Tjautjas/Čavččas | 216 |
The municipal seat in bold
Other settlements
[edit]Demographics
[edit]This is a demographic table based on Gällivare Municipality's electoral districts in the sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.<ref name=GällivareVal2022>Template:Cite web</ref>
Electoral districts for the 2022 Swedish general election reported a population of 17,434 residents, including 13,652 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=GällivareVal2022/> 53.0% voted for the left coalition and 45.8% for the right coalition. Median income is high compared to other municipalities in the region, primarily due to a large mining industry in the area. Indicators are in percentage form with the exception of population totals and income.
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| Dundret | 1,189 | 991 | 46.1 | 52.0 | 87 | 84 | 16 | 31,779 | 32 |
| Gällivare C | 2,067 | 1,690 | 57.7 | 41.3 | 82 | 80 | 20 | 24,507 | 23 |
| Gällivare N | 920 | 808 | 61.9 | 36.3 | 81 | 92 | 8 | 23,559 | 20 |
| Gällivare S | 1,682 | 1,400 | 47.3 | 51.1 | 85 | 91 | 9 | 24,855 | 17 |
| Gällivare V | 1,138 | 889 | 54.1 | 45.5 | 91 | 93 | 7 | 33,467 | 36 |
| Heden | 2,317 | 1,750 | 55.4 | 44.2 | 91 | 93 | 7 | 32,511 | 34 |
| Koskullskulle | 2,318 | 1,648 | 50.2 | 48.8 | 85 | 85 | 15 | 31,294 | 25 |
| Maria | 1,256 | 965 | 53.2 | 45.4 | 86 | 85 | 15 | 27,833 | 34 |
| Mellanområdet | 2,464 | 1,864 | 53.0 | 46.1 | 91 | 93 | 7 | 32,542 | 28 |
| Sjöparken | 2,083 | 1,647 | 54.3 | 44.4 | 84 | 86 | 14 | 28,206 | 29 |
| Source: SVT<ref name=GällivareVal2022/> | |||||||||
Elections
[edit]"Turnout" denotes the percentage of eligible voters casting any ballots, whereas "Votes" denotes the number of actual valid ballots cast.
| Year | Turnout | Votes | V | S | MP | C | L | KD | M | SD | ND | NP/SP |
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| 1973<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 86.6 | 14,719 | 20.7 | 48.8 | 0.0 | 13.5 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 10.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1976<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 87.0 | 15,619 | 17.8 | 51.5 | 0.0 | 14.0 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1979<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 87.0 | 15,699 | 15.7 | 53.9 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 11.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1982<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 87.7 | 16,008 | 16.5 | 58.0 | 0.8 | 7.2 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 12.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1985<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 85.4 | 15,443 | 18.1 | 56.6 | 0.6 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 11.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1988<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 79.6 | 14,065 | 16.8 | 57.0 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1991<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 79.2 | 13,510 | 15.6 | 55.5 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| 1994<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 83.4 | 14,213 | 17.4 | 60.3 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 9.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| 1998<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 77.1 | 12,507 | 33.5 | 43.2 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 10.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2002<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 75.5 | 11,484 | 16.6 | 41.9 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 7.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 18.3 |
| 2006<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 76.9 | 11,420 | 17.8 | 52.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 11.9 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| 2010<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 80.6 | 12,000 | 13.6 | 55.9 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 14.2 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2014<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 82.2 | 12,108 | 11.6 | 50.5 | 4.2 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 10.8 | 15.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Blocs
| Year | Turnout | Votes | Left | Right | SD | Other | Elected |
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| 1973 | 86.6 | 14,719 | 69.5 | 27.7 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 97.2 |
| 1976 | 87.0 | 15,619 | 69.3 | 28.3 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 97.6 |
| 1979 | 87.0 | 15,699 | 69.6 | 25.3 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 94.9 |
| 1982 | 87.7 | 16,008 | 74.5 | 21.5 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 96.0 |
| 1985 | 85.4 | 15,443 | 74.7 | 23.6 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 98.3 |
| 1988 | 79.6 | 14,065 | 77.4 | 19.2 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 96.6 |
| 1991 | 79.2 | 13,510 | 71.1 | 23.2 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 96.7 |
| 1994 | 83.4 | 14,213 | 81.0 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 98.0 |
| 1998 | 77.1 | 12,507 | 79.9 | 18.8 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 98.7 |
| 2002 | 75.5 | 11,484 | 63.3 | 16.1 | 0.0 | 21.6 | 79.4 |
| 2006 | 76.9 | 11,420 | 73.5 | 19.7 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 93.2 |
| 2010 | 80.6 | 12,000 | 73.3 | 20.6 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 98.9 |
| 2014 | 82.2 | 12,108 | 66.3 | 16.3 | 15.2 | 2.2 | 97.8 |
Sister cities
[edit]Gällivare Municipality has four sister cities:
- File:Flag of Norway.svg Tysfjord, Norway
- File:Flag of Finland.svg Kittilä, Finland
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Kirovsk, Russia
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Barga, Italy
References
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