Sandviken Municipality

Sandviken Municipality
Sandvikens kommun
Sandviken Railway Station
Sandviken Railway Station
Coat of arms of Sandviken Municipality
Coordinates: 60°37′N 16°47′E / 60.617°N 16.783°E / 60.617; 16.783
CountrySweden
CountyGävleborg County
SeatSandviken
Area
 • Total1,297.07 km2 (500.80 sq mi)
 • Land1,166.4 km2 (450.3 sq mi)
 • Water130.67 km2 (50.45 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total38,628
 • Density30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceGästrikland
Municipal code2181
Websitewww.sandviken.se

Sandviken Municipality (Sandvikens kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, in east central Sweden. The seat is the town of Sandviken.

The present municipality was created in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Sandviken (itself instituted in 1943) with a number of surrounding rural municipalities.

  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.

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