- Sandviken Municipality
Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Sandvikens kommun
isocode=
capital=Sandviken
governor=
county=Gävleborg County
province=Gästrikland
arearank=87th
area=1,165
areapercent=x.x
population_as_of=2007
populationrank=66th
population=36,747
populationpercent=x.x
populationdensity=32
location=
website= [http://www.sandviken.se sandviken.se]Sandviken Municipality ("Sandvikens kommun") is a municipality in
Gävleborg County , in east centralSweden . The seat is the town Sandviken.The present municipality was created in
1971 through the amalgamation of the "City of Sandviken" (itself instituted in1943 ) with a number of surrounding rural municipalities.The coat of arms was granted to the then City of Sandviken upon its institution in 1943. The device in the middle is a steam hammer. After the municipality reform of 1971 the arms was taken over by the new, larger, entity.
Note: As "Sandviken" means "the sandy bay" there are numerous other places of that name throughout
Scandinavia ."See also:
Sandvik ,University College of Gävle "External links
* [http://www.sandviken.se Sandviken] - Official site
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