Umeå Municipality

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Umeå Municipality (Kommun)

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	Municipal facts
	Seat	Umeå
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	County	Västerbotten County
	Province	Västerbotten, Ångermanland
	Area      Rank	2,331.4 km² 37th of 290
	Population      Rank (2005)	109,390 11th of 290
	Density	46.9/km²

Umeå Municipality (IPA: ˘ʉməoː – listen (help·info)), in northern Sweden, is named after the city Umeå, its seat of government where the majority of the municipality's inhabitants reside.

Other towns include:

• Botsmark
• Bullmark
• Brännland
• Ersmark
• Gravmark
• Hissjön
• Innertavle
• Stöcke
• Stöcksjö
• Sörmjöle
• Tavelsjö
• Täfteå

[edit] Sister cities

• Vasa, Finland
• Harstad, Norway
• Helsingör, Denmark
• Würzburg, Germany
• Petrosavodsk, Russia
• Saskatoon, Canada

In the Vänorts Park is the artwork Tellus - a map of the world, with each sister cities location. Each sister cities also a designated area in the park with something typical for it.

[edit] See also

• Umeå Court District

[edit] External links

• Umeå - Official site

Municipalities of Västerbotten County

Bjurholm | Dorotea | Lycksele | Malå | Nordmaling | Norsjö | Robertsfors | Skellefteå | Sorsele | Storuman | Umeå | Vilhelmina | Vindeln | Vännäs | Åsele

Counties of Sweden | Sweden