Malå (, ) is a
locality and the seat of
Malå Municipality in
Västerbotten County
Västerbotten County (), sometimes called Westrobothnia, 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 ...
,
province
A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
Lapland, Sweden with 2,050 inhabitants in 2010.
History
The Swedish name Malå comes from the
Sami
Acronyms
* SAMI, ''Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange'', a closed-captioning format developed by Microsoft
* Saudi Arabian Military Industries, a government-owned defence company
* South African Malaria Initiative, a virtual expertise ne ...
''Máláge''. The origin is unclear, but the word might derive from "málle," which means blood or sap. A later interpretation is that Máláge refers back to the Swedish name, which was associated with the river (Måll-ån in 1553). It has been assumed that the river's name comes from the Swedish dialect word "mal," meaning 'sand, gravel, or small stones.
Malå is the parish village in Malå parish and was part of Malå rural municipality after the municipal reform of 1862. On May 30, 1941, the Malåträsks municipal community was established for the village, which was dissolved on December 31, 1952. Between 1971 and 1974, and since 1983, the village has been part of
Malå Municipality, where it is the central locality. Between 1974 and 1983, the village was part of
Norsjö Municipality
Norsjö Municipality () is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its administrative centre, seat is located in Norsjö.
In 1974 Norsjö and Malå Municipality, Malå municipalities were amalgamated, ...
.
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Malå:
*
Malå IF
*
Malå IF Volley
See also
*
Skogssamer
References
Municipal seats of Västerbotten County
Swedish municipal seats
Populated places in Malå Municipality
Lapland (Sweden)
{{Västerbotten-geo-stub