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Vännäs Municipality () is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
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 Bot ...
in northern
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. Its
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is located in
Vännäs Vännäs () is a locality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Vännäs is the seat of Vännäs Municipality and had 4,466 inhabitants in 2018. The name of the village is known since 1535 (''Wendenäs'', ‘The place where a person walkin ...
.


History

In 1928 the
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Vännäs was detached from the rural municipality with the same name, forming the market town (''
köping ''Köping'' was a Swedish denomination for a market town since the Middle Ages, derived from the Old Norse word ''kaupang''. The designation was officially abolished with the municipal reform of 1971, when Sweden was subdivided into the Municip ...
'') of Vännäs. The two entities were reunited in 1971. In 1974 Bjurholm Municipality was added. A split took place in 1980 when
Bjurholm Municipality Bjurholm Municipality () is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Bjurholm. The present municipality has the same territory as the one instituted in 1863, when the municipal system was implemented in ...
was re-established.


Geography

The municipality is located just west of
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 ...
, where
Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Umeà ...
is the seat, with about 110,000 inhabitants, and it is part of the Umeå region. This is evident considering that the municipality has 1,500 people
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''to'' Umeå Municipality and about 400 commuters ''from'' Umeå Municipality. Its neighbouring municipalities Vindeln Municipality,
Bjurholm Municipality Bjurholm Municipality () is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Bjurholm. The present municipality has the same territory as the one instituted in 1863, when the municipal system was implemented in ...
and
Nordmaling Municipality Nordmaling Municipality () is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Nordmaling. History The municipal system in Sweden was introduced in 1863 and Nordmaling Municipality was one of the entities create ...
only receive a total of about 100 commuters from Vännäs Municipality and Vännäs Municipality receives a total of 200 commuters from them.


Localities

There are two localities (or urban areas) in Vännäs Municipality:Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
/ref> The municipal seat in
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See also

*
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, tourist route (Norway - Sweden - Finland - Russia)


References


External links


Vännäs Municipality
- Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Vannas Municipality Municipalities of Västerbotten County