Gävle Municipality

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**Gävle kommun (*Kommun*)**
Location of Gävle Municipality and Gävle in Sweden Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Gävle
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	County	Gävleborg County
	Province	Gästrikland
	Area Rank	1,485.1 km² 56th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	92,081 15 of 290
	Density	57/km²

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Gävle Municipality ['yâvlə] is a Municipality in east central Sweden where the City Gävle is the seat of residence.Some of the most beautiful women in Sweden are from here according to local legend,citation needed

Geographically the municipality is situated north of the mouth of the river Dalälven and is the southernmost municipality of the historical land of Norrland.

1 Geography
2 Politics
3 Municipal towns
4 Major employers
5 Sister cities
6 Education
- 6.1 Whisky
7 See also
8 External links

[edit] Geography

Gävle is situated by the Baltic Sea near the mouth of the river Dalälven. At 60 degrees north and 17 degrees east, Gävle has the same latitude as Helsinki and the same longitude as Vienna and Cape Town.

Gävle has a similar climate to the rest of central Sweden with an average temperature of -5 C in January and +17 C in July. Yearly rainfall is around 600 mm.

[edit] Politics

The incumbent Mayor of Gävle is Mats Ågren, from the Swedish Social Democratic Party. The Social Democrats and the Left-Wing Party currently hold a majority of seats on the City Council.

[edit] Municipal towns

Data from 2000.

Town	Population	Area (km²)
Gävle	67 856	41.58
Valbo	6,984	8.14
Forsbacka	1,716	1.71
Hedesunda	1,071	1.67
Norrsundet	1,044	1.89
Bergby	834	1.91
Forsby	617	0.87
Hamrångefjärden	558	1.57
Furuvik	472	0.96
Åbyggeby	457	0.87
Lund	380	1.14
Björke	362	0.58
Trödje	321	0.67
Bönan	273	0.65
Totra	255	0.76
Berg	231	0.51
Hagsta	206	0.74