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Uppsala Municipality

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Country
  
Sweden

Seat
  
Uppsala

ISO 3166 code
  
SE

Province
  
Uppland

County
  
Uppsala County

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Municipal code
  
0380

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Points of interest
  
University of Uppsala Botanical, Linnaean Garden, Uppsala Cathedral, Church of Sweden, Uppsala Castle

Colleges and Universities
  
Uppsala University, Swedish University of Agricult, Johannelunds Teologiska Högskola, Newman Institute

Uppsala Municipality (Uppsala kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Uppsala has a population of 211,411 (2016-06-30). Its seat is located in the university city of Uppsala.

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Map of Uppsala, Sweden

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
  • Government and 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 2006 elections where the centre-right coalition Alliance for Sweden won not only the national elections but also the regional.

    Distribution of the 81 seats in the municipal council after the 2010 election:

  • Moderate Party 23
  • Social Democratic Party 21
  • Green Party 11
  • Liberal People's Party 8
  • Centre Party 6
  • Left Party 6
  • Christian Democrats 4
  • Sweden Democrats 2
  • Results of the Swedish general election, 2010 in Uppsala:

  • Moderate Party 29.5%
  • Social Democratic Party 24.0%
  • Green Party 11.2%
  • Liberal People's Party 9.1%
  • Centre Party 7.6%
  • Christian Democrats 6.4%
  • Left Party 6.4%
  • Sweden Democrats 3.8%
  • Twin towns — sister cities

    The municipality has the following twinnigs

    References

    Uppsala Municipality Wikipedia