Lycksele Municipality

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'''Lycksele Municipality''' ({{Langx|sv|Lycksele kommun}}; {{langx|sma|Liksjoe tjïelte}}; {{langx|sju|Liksjuon kommuvdna}}) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Lycksele and the municipality is located in the southern parts of Swedish Lapland.

The municipality traces its history to Lycksele parish, which was in effect during the 19th century with very similar borders and size (5,000-5,500 km<sup>2</sup>). The whole rural municipality Lycksele became a market town (''köping'') in 1929 and city in 1946. In 1971 it was amalgamated with Örträsk Municipality.

Generally the northern municipalities, already sparsely populated, have population decreases, but various supporting projects also exist. For instance, a campus of Umeå University is situated here.

==Localities== There are two localities (or urban areas) in Lycksele Municipality:<ref>[http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2005A01A/Tatorternami0810tab1en.xls Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005]</ref>

{|class="wikitable" ! # !! Locality !! Population |- | 1 || '''Lycksele''' || align="right" | 8,597 |- | 2 || Kristineberg || align="right" | 331 |}

<small>The municipal seat in bold</small>

==Demographics== This is a demographic table based on Lycksele Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.<ref name=LyckseleVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-2481-lycksele.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Lycksele i riksdagsvalet|publisher=SVT|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=13 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 12,255 residents, including 9,233 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=LyckseleVal2022/> 53.2% voted for the left coalition and 46.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" ! rowspan="3" |Location ! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}} ! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}} ! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}} ! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} SEK}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}} |- ! ! ! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" | ! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" | ! ! ! ! ! |- ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | % ! data-sort-type="number" | % ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | |- | align="left" |Björksele | 795 | 571 | 52.0 | 47.3 | 82 | 85 | 15 | 23,272 | 29 |- | align="left" |Forsdala | 1,757 | 1,300 | 48.1 | 51.6 | 89 | 91 | 9 | 27,840 | 37 |- | align="left" |Kattisavan | 548 | 431 | 45.8 | 51.0 | 81 | 94 | 6 | 22,334 | 33 |- | align="left" |Knaften | 874 | 696 | 47.4 | 52.1 | 87 | 96 | 4 | 24,064 | 31 |- | align="left" |Lycksele | 2,186 | 1,627 | 54.2 | 44.9 | 77 | 76 | 24 | 20,700 | 27 |- | align="left" |Norrmalm | 2,059 | 1,532 | 54.8 | 44.2 | 89 | 94 | 6 | 27,352 | 36 |- | align="left" |Södermalm | 1,702 | 1,296 | 58.6 | 40.9 | 79 | 81 | 19 | 22,691 | 30 |- | align="left" |Villaryd | 2,334 | 1,780 | 56.3 | 42.9 | 81 | 86 | 14 | 23,861 | 32 |- | colspan="10" align="left" |Source: SVT<ref name=LyckseleVal2022/> |}

==Transport== There is an airport just south of Lycksele, from which one can reach Stockholm in about 80 minutes.

Previously, the railroad between Umeå and Storuman was the main means of transportation, but its significance has diminished and passenger traffic was discontinued. There are now daily buses to towns like Umeå, Storuman and Tärnaby. In August 2011, passenger train services between Lycksele and Umeå were re-established.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lycksele.se/templates/Page.aspx?id=14521 |title=Tåg - www.lycksele.se |access-date=2012-06-23 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419085101/http://www.lycksele.se/templates/Page.aspx?id=14521 |archive-date=2012-04-19 }}</ref>

The European route E12, also known as ''Blå vägen'' ("The Blue Road") winds along the Ume River and passes through Lycksele.

==Sister cities== Lycksele Municipality has three sister cities:

*20px Mosjøen, Norway *20px Ähtäri, Finland *20px Lovozero, Russia

==References== <references/>

==External links== {{Commons category|Lycksele Municipality}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20091002065858/http://www.lycksele.se/templates/Page.aspx?id=6942 Lycksele Municipality] - Official site

{{Geographic location | Centre = Lycksele | N = Malå | NE = Norsjö | E = Vindeln | SE = Bjurholm | S = Åsele | SW = Vilhelmina | W = Storuman | NW = Sorsele }} {{Västerbotten County}} {{Localities in Lycksele Municipality}}

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