Country Sweden Seat Bjurholm ISO 3166 code SE Province Ångermanland | County Västerbotten County Time zone CET (UTC+1) Municipal code 2403 | |
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Bjurholm Municipality (Swedish: Bjurholms kommun) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Bjurholm.
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The present municipality has the same territory as the one instituted in 1863, when the municipal system was implemented in Sweden. Between 1974 and 1983 it was, however, part of Vännäs Municipality. The split in 1983 made Bjurholm the least populated of all Swedish municipalities, and the population is still decreasing.
Locality
There is only one locality (or urban area) in Bjurholm Municipality:
Sister cities
Bjurholm Municipality has two sister cities:
Notable native
Politics
Result of the 2010 election
Moderate Party 26,58%
Centre Party 14,13%
Liberal People's Party 8,07%
Christian Democrats 6,50%
Swedish Social Democratic Party 36,15%
Left Party 3,56%
Green Party 1,94%
Sweden Democrats 2,44%
Other Parties 0,63%