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Heby Municipality

Coordinates: 59°56′N 16°53′E / 59.933°N 16.883°E / 59.933; 16.883
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Heby Municipality
Heby kommun
Coat of arms of Heby Municipality
Coordinates: 59°56′N 16°53′E / 59.933°N 16.883°E / 59.933; 16.883
CountrySweden
CountyUppsala County
SeatHeby
Area
 • Total1,225.6 km2 (473.2 sq mi)
 • Land1,166.81 km2 (450.51 sq mi)
 • Water58.79 km2 (22.70 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total14,343
 • Density12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceUppland
Municipal code0331
Websitewww.heby.se

Heby Municipality (Heby kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Heby.

The first municipality with the name Heby was created in 1952, during the first of the two nationwide municipal reforms in Sweden, through the amalgamation of three original units in Västmanland County. The name was taken from the settlement Heby, which had been a municipalsamhälle (a kind of borough) since 1887. In 1971 three more former entities were added.

Geography

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The Dalälven River forms Heby's northern border. The municipality also has substantial forests with animals such as elk, deer, fox, bear and lynx.

Localities

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Demographics

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This is a demographic table based on Heby Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]

In total there were 14,282 residents, including 10,903 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 43.3% voted for the left coalition and 55.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Notability

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Heby used to be part of Västmanland County, which borders Uppsala County to the west. In September 2005 it was reported that the municipality was permitted to be part of Uppsala County after intense lobbying in the late 1990s, following a municipal poll in 1998 where the majority was in support of the county transition. The transition took place on January 1, 2007. There were, however, forces who worked for the transition not to take place.

References

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  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Heby i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
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