Uppsala Municipality

Uppsala Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Uppsala kommun


county=Uppsala County
province=Uppland
capital=Uppsala


arearank=42nd
area=2,246.09
arealand=2,189.10
populationrank=4th
population=185,187
densityrank=59th
populationdensity=84.6
website=http://www.uppsala.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006

Uppsala Municipality ("Uppsala kommun") is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the university city of Uppsala.

Uppsala Municipality was created through amalgamations taking place during the late sixties and the early seventies. There are about thirty original local government units combined in the present municipality. A split took place in 2003, when Knivsta Municipality was formed.

Towns and villages

By population:
*Uppsala (seat)
*Sävja
*Storvreta
*Björklinge
*Bälinge
*Vattholma
*Vänge
*Lövstalöt
*Länna
*Almunge
*Skyttorp
*Knutby
*Järlåsa
*Gåvsta
*Gunsta
*Ytternäs och Vreta
*Håga
*Ramstalund
*Läby
*Vårdsätra

Politics

Historically, Uppsala Municipality has been a centre both of conservatism and liberalism, both receiving their ideological nourishment from the University. Today, however, the city is divided between left and right and has since 1994 been governed by a coalition of the Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Green Party until the where the centre-right coalition Alliance for Sweden won not only the national elections but also the regional.

External links

* [http://www.uppsala.se Uppsala Municipality] - Official site


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