Obbola is a
locality
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* Locality (linguistics)
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situated in
Umeå Municipality
Umeå Municipality (, sme, Ubmi gielda) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is Umeå, which is also the county seat of Västerbotten County.
Administration
The municipality is an administrative entity defined ...
,
Västerbotten County
Västerbotten County ( sv, Västerbottens län) is a county or ''län'' in the north of Sweden. It shares the borders with the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the Gulf of Bo ...
,
Sweden with 2,197 inhabitants in 2010.
It is located close to the town of
Holmsund
Holmsund is a locality situated in Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 5,489 inhabitants in 2010. It is located 18 km south of the city of Umeå and serves as a port for Umeå.
Position
Holmsund lies at the mouth of the Um ...
. Obbola lies to the west of the mouth of
Ume River
The Ume River (Swedish: ''Ume älv'' or ''Umeälven'') is one of the main rivers in northern Sweden. It is around long, and flows in a south-eastern direction from its source, the lake ''Överuman'' by the Norwegian border within the Scandinavian ...
at the
Gulf of Bothnia in the
Baltic Sea
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The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and ...
.
SCA is the biggest employer in the locality. In the school in Obbola there are pupils from grade one to grade nine. After that most of the pupils continue in the city of Umeå.
Obbola is connected to nearby
Holmsund
Holmsund is a locality situated in Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 5,489 inhabitants in 2010. It is located 18 km south of the city of Umeå and serves as a port for Umeå.
Position
Holmsund lies at the mouth of the Um ...
by the
Obbola Bridge which carries the E12 road over the river estuary.
References
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Populated places in Umeå Municipality
Coastal cities and towns in Sweden