Vindeln Municipality facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Vindeln Municipality Vindelns kommun
Municipality
Vindeln Railway Station
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Västerbotten County
Seat	Vindeln
Area
• Total	2,867.06 km2 (1,106.98 sq mi)
• Land	2,650.66 km2 (1,023.43 sq mi)
• Water	216.4 km2 (83.6 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population  (June 30, 2012)
• Total	5,559
• Density	1.93892/km2 (5.0218/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västerbotten
Municipal code	2404
Website	www.vindeln.se

Vindeln Municipality (Swedish: Vindelns kommun) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Vindeln.

History

In 1971 a local government reform was implemented in Sweden. This municipality was, however, not amalgamated with any other. But in preparation for the reform the name was changed in 1969 from Degerfors Municipality to Vindeln Municipality. The reason was that there is another Degerfors Municipality (in Örebro County), and every municipality in Sweden should have a unique name.

Geography

The Vindel River, which is the main tributary of the Ume River, runs through the municipality and has given it its name. The municipality's coat of arms depicts a salmon, of which there are plenty in the river.

Localities

Hällnäs Sanatorium.

There are five localities (or urban areas) in Vindeln Municipality:

The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Vindeln 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 5,546 residents, including 4,091 Swedish citizens of voting age. 51.8 % voted for the left coalition and 47.1 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.