Editing Gävle Municipality

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'''Gävle Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Gävle kommun}}) is a [[Municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in east central Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the [[Stad (Sweden)|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 [[60th parallel north|60 degrees north]] and [[17th meridian east|17 degrees east]], Gävle has the same [[latitude]] as [[Helsinki]] and the same [[longitude]] as [[Vienna]] and [[Cape Town]].

Gävle has a similar [[humid continental climate|continental climate]] to the rest of central Sweden with an average temperature of {{convert|-5|C|F|0}} in January and {{convert|17|C|F|0}} in July. Yearly rainfall is around {{convert|600|mm|0|abbr=on}}.

===Localities===

Data from 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epi.gavle.se/gk/t_sida.asp?id=7050|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051120150742/http://epi.gavle.se/gk/t_sida.asp?id=7050|archive-date=2005-11-20|title=Befolkning}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! Town
!Population
!Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
|-
| [[Gävle]]
|align="right"|92,681
|align="right"|41.58
|-
|[[Valbo]]
|align="right"|6,984
|align="right"|8.14
|-
|[[Forsbacka]]
|align="right"|1,716
|align="right"|1.71
|-
|[[Hedesunda]]
|align="right"|1,071
|align="right"|1.67
|-
|[[Norrsundet]]
|align="right"|1,044
|align="right"|1.89
|-
|[[Bergby]]
|align="right"|834
|align="right"|1.91
|-
|[[Forsby]]
|align="right"|617
|align="right"|0.87
|-
|[[Hamrångefjärden]]
|align="right"|558
|align="right"|1.57
|-
|[[Furuvik]]
|align="right"|472
|align="right"|0.96
|-
|[[Åbyggeby]]
|align="right"|457
|align="right"|0.87
|-
|[[Lund, Gävle|Lund]]
|align="right"|380
|align="right"|1.14
|-
|[[Björke]]
|align="right"|362
|align="right"|0.58
|-
|[[Trödje]]
|align="right"|321
|align="right"|0.67
|-
|[[Bönan]]
|align="right"|273
|align="right"|0.65
|-
|[[Totra]]
|align="right"|255
|align="right"|0.76
|-
|[[Berg, Gävle|Berg]]
|align="right"|231
|align="right"|0.51
|-
|[[Hagsta]]
|align="right"|206
|align="right"|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]] [[distillation|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 [[Swedish Television|SVT]]'s election platform, in turn taken from [[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]] official statistics.<ref name=GävleVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-2180-gavle.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Gävle i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|accessdate=27 November 2023}}</ref>

In total there were 78,868 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.<ref name=GävleVal2022/> 48.9% voted for the left coalition and 49.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! rowspan="3" |Location
! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}}
! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} [[Swedish kronor|SEK]]}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}
|-
!
! 
! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! 
! 
! 
! 
! 
|-
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | 
|-
| align="left" |Andersberg C
| 2,576
| 1,324
| 74.7
| 20.5
| 49
| 25
| 75
| 12,443
| 19
|-
| align="left" |Andersberg N
| 1,720
| 1,276
| 53.3
| 44.3
| 73
| 67
| 33
| 24,148
| 40
|-
| align="left" |Andersberg-Sälgsjön
| 1,859
| 1,476
| 49.6
| 49.6
| 81
| 81
| 19
| 27,276
| 40
|-
| align="left" |Bergby-Axmar
| 1,683
| 1,416
| 42.9
| 55.6
| 82
| 93
| 7
| 23,236
| 25
|-
| align="left" |Björke-Trödje
| 2,124
| 1,708
| 37.4
| 61.6
| 88
| 94
| 6
| 29,602
| 37
|-
| align="left" |Bomhus C
| 1,629
| 1,155
| 48.9
| 50.6
| 89
| 87
| 13
| 30,616
| 49
|-
| align="left" |Bomhus N
| 1,796
| 1,381
| 42.7
| 56.1
| 82
| 85
| 15
| 27,566
| 38
|-
| align="left" |Bomhus SO
| 1,861
| 1,370
| 51.1
| 47.5
| 82
| 85
| 15
| 25,202
| 33
|-
| align="left" |Bomhus SV
| 2,010
| 1,434
| 49.0
| 49.9
| 85
| 85
| 15
| 28,901
| 41
|-
| align="left" |Bomhus V
| 2,108
| 1,482
| 50.9
| 48.0
| 71
| 74
| 26
| 20,459
| 35
|-
| align="left" |Bomhus Ö
| 2,018
| 1,553
| 42.9
| 56.7
| 89
| 90
| 10
| 30,638
| 40
|-
| align="left" |Brynäs C
| 1,999
| 1,732
| 55.6
| 42.2
| 72
| 76
| 24
| 21,964
| 35
|-
| align="left" |Brynäs S
| 2,024
| 1,619
| 55.7
| 42.4
| 72
| 67
| 33
| 22,721
| 39
|-
| align="left" |Brynäs V
| 1,800
| 1,339
| 56.9
| 40.9
| 71
| 62
| 38
| 21,588
| 35
|-
| align="left" |Brynäs Ö
| 2,075
| 1,546
| 55.8
| 41.6
| 68
| 60
| 40
| 20,873
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Forsbacka
| 1,892
| 1,545
| 46.4
| 53.1
| 78
| 87
| 13
| 25,011
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Fridhem
| 1,716
| 1,226
| 50.8
| 48.0
| 92
| 90
| 10
| 34,474
| 68
|-
| align="left" |Furuvik-Ytterharnäs
| 1,367
| 1,016
| 39.8
| 59.6
| 87
| 92
| 8
| 29,847
| 42
|-
| align="left" |Gävle Strand
| 1,696
| 1,563
| 45.2
| 53.8
| 80
| 79
| 21
| 31,057
| 47
|-
| align="left" |Hagaström C
| 2,162
| 1,572
| 50.8
| 48.2
| 90
| 93
| 7
| 32,233
| 60
|-
| align="left" |Hedesunda N
| 1,324
| 1,057
| 34.9
| 64.0
| 82
| 92
| 8
| 23,444
| 24
|-
| align="left" |Hedesunda S
| 1,381
| 1,119
| 39.9
| 58.5
| 87
| 94
| 6
| 25,984
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Hemlingby
| 2,249
| 1,709
| 42.7
| 56.6
| 90
| 92
| 8
| 33,071
| 56
|-
| align="left" |Hemsta
| 1,671
| 1,484
| 54.2
| 44.5
| 78
| 81
| 19
| 24,991
| 43
|-
| align="left" |Hille
| 2,319
| 1,718
| 45.1
| 54.2
| 89
| 95
| 5
| 30,366
| 48
|-
| align="left" |Nordost
| 2,029
| 1,363
| 64.4
| 33.6
| 58
| 33
| 67
| 15,621
| 25
|-
| align="left" |Norr
| 1,304
| 1,128
| 47.0
| 52.1
| 83
| 81
| 19
| 26,267
| 49
|-
| align="left" |Norrlandet-Utvalnäs
| 2,317
| 1,766
| 37.0
| 62.6
| 88
| 92
| 8
| 35,076
| 35
|-
| align="left" |Norrsundet-Hamrångef.
| 1,655
| 1,334
| 49.3
| 49.8
| 73
| 89
| 11
| 21,631
| 22
|-
| align="left" |Norrtull-Lexe
| 2,103
| 1,805
| 51.5
| 47.9
| 84
| 88
| 12
| 29,883
| 56
|-
| align="left" |Olsbacka
| 1,569
| 1,168
| 50.1
| 49.3
| 85
| 87
| 13
| 30,740
| 57
|-
| align="left" |Stigslund
| 2,209
| 1,780
| 47.9
| 51.4
| 85
| 89
| 11
| 27,352
| 46
|-
| align="left" |Strömsbro
| 2,391
| 1,930
| 45.2
| 54.3
| 88
| 93
| 7
| 31,506
| 56
|-
| align="left" |Sätra C
| 2,120
| 1,551
| 60.5
| 37.7
| 63
| 60
| 40
| 17,831
| 36
|-
| align="left" |Sätra NO
| 2,201
| 1,520
| 61.3
| 35.3
| 70
| 56
| 44
| 20,414
| 38
|-
| align="left" |Sätra NV
| 2,200
| 1,596
| 53.2
| 45.1
| 83
| 74
| 26
| 29,093
| 52
|-
| align="left" |Sätra V
| 2,280
| 1,558
| 52.1
| 46.2
| 80
| 73
| 27
| 25,727
| 43
|-
| align="left" |Sätra Ö
| 2,902
| 1,539
| 60.9
| 35.0
| 54
| 32
| 68
| 11,899
| 34
|-
| align="left" |Söder V
| 2,123
| 1,881
| 49.6
| 48.8
| 79
| 80
| 20
| 25,261
| 42
|-
| align="left" |Söder Ö
| 2,155
| 1,846
| 49.3
| 48.0
| 79
| 79
| 21
| 24,303
| 42
|-
| align="left" |Södertull
| 1,867
| 1,710
| 49.0
| 49.8
| 78
| 85
| 15
| 24,406
| 45
|-
| align="left" |Sörby
| 2,432
| 1,770
| 54.1
| 43.6
| 76
| 72
| 28
| 23,291
| 44
|-
| align="left" |Valbo C
| 2,123
| 1,601
| 45.5
| 53.1
| 83
| 90
| 10
| 26,306
| 34
|-
| align="left" |Valbo N
| 2,081
| 1,683
| 46.5
| 52.3
| 77
| 86
| 14
| 22,290
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Valbo V
| 2,174
| 1,631
| 44.0
| 55.7
| 90
| 95
| 5
| 31,360
| 44
|-
| align="left" |Valbo Ö-Hagaström
| 2,518
| 1,907
| 42.7
| 56.7
| 90
| 93
| 7
| 31,798
| 45
|-
| align="left" |Vallbacken
| 2,054
| 1,753
| 52.7
| 46.0
| 80
| 85
| 15
| 26,492
| 52
|-
| align="left" |Villastaden
| 2,215
| 1,812
| 42.4
| 57.1
| 66
| 86
| 14
| 24,501
| 65
|-
| align="left" |Väster N
| 1,813
| 1,666
| 48.5
| 49.8
| 83
| 85
| 15
| 27,724
| 52
|-
| align="left" |Väster S
| 1,448
| 1,314
| 49.0
| 50.2
| 81
| 81
| 19
| 24,479
| 41
|-
| align="left" |Åbyggeby
| 2,162
| 1,555
| 39.7
| 59.8
| 91
| 95
| 5
| 31,767
| 44
|-
| align="left" |Öster-Alderholmen
| 1,432
| 881
| 65.5
| 30.7
| 59
| 36
| 64
| 16,442
| 29
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=GävleVal2022/>
|}

==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 (''[[kommunstyrelse]]n'') is Åsa Wiklund Lång.

==Education==
The [[University College of Gävle]] currently enrolls 12,500 students.

It offers courses of study at six departments: [[Business Administration]], [[Education]] and [[Psychology]], [[Caring Sciences]] and [[Sociology]], [[Humanities]] and [[Social Sciences]], [[Mathematics]], [[Natural Science|Natural]] and [[Computer science|Computer Sciences]] and [[Technology]], and [[Built Environment]].

Some courses are given in [[English language|English]] taught both to visiting students from foreign partner institutions and to Swedish students.

==Twin towns – sister cities==
Gävle is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web|title=Internationellt arbete|url=https://www.gavle.se/service-och-information/om-gavle-kommun/samarbeten-projekt-och-sarskilda-satsningar/internationellt-arbete/|publisher=Gävle kommun|language=sv|access-date=2025-01-21}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Galva, Illinois|Galva]], United States
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Gjøvik Municipality|Gjøvik]], Norway
*{{flagicon|LVA}} [[Jūrmala]], Latvia
*{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Næstved Municipality|Næstved]], Denmark
*{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]], Finland

==See also==
*[[Municipalities of Sweden]]
*[[List of Swedish municipalities]]
*[[International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships]] (1995)
*[[List of Gävleborg Governors]]

==References==
;Notes
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
*{{official|https://www.gavle.se/}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041115020400/http://www.sna.se/webatlas/muni/ National Atlas of Sweden] - Statistics

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Gävle
 | N = [[Söderhamn Municipality|Söderhamn]]
 | E = ''[[Bothnian Sea]]''<br/>[[Älvkarleby Municipality|Älvkarleby]] ([[Uppsala County|Uppsala]])<br/>[[Tierp Municipality|Tierp]] ([[Uppsala County|Uppsala]])
 | S = [[Heby Municipality|Heby]] ([[Uppsala County|Uppsala]])
 | W = [[Ockelbo Municipality|Ockelbo]]<br/>[[Sandviken Municipality|Sandviken]]
}}
{{Gävleborg County}}
{{Localities in Gävle Municipality}}

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