Vännäs Municipality () is a

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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 ...

in northern

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. Its

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is located in

Vännäs Vännäs () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Vännäs is the seat of Vännäs Municipality and had 9,077 inhabitants in 2024. The name of the village has existed since 1535 (''Wendenäs'', "The pla ...

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 Munic ...

'') 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 (, ) is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its administrative centre, seat is Umeå, which is also the county seat of Västerbotten County. Administration The municipality is a ...

, where

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; ; ; ; ) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is the largest Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Norrland and the t ...

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 Vindeln Municipality () is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Vindeln. History In 1971 a local government reform was implemented in Sweden. This municipality was, however, not amalgamated with any o ...

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 created ...

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

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(or urban areas) in Vännäs Municipality:Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
/ref> The municipal seat in bold

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Vännäs Municipality's electoral districts in the

2022 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag who in turn elected the Prime Minister of Sweden. Under the constitution, regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The pr ...

sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 9,042 residents, including 6,699 Swedish citizens of voting age. 58.2% voted for the left coalition and 40.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

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