Vindeln Municipality () is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Vindeln.
History In 1971 a local government reform was implemented in Sweden. This municipality was, however, not amalgamated with any other. But in preparation for the reform the name was changed in 1969 from Degerfors Municipality to Vindeln Municipality. The reason was that there is another Degerfors Municipality (in Örebro County), and every municipality in Sweden should have a unique name.
Geography The Vindel River, which is the main tributary of the Ume River, runs through the municipality and has given it its name. The municipality's coat of arms depicts a salmon, of which there are plenty in the river.
Localities
There are five localities (or urban areas) in Vindeln Municipality:Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
# Locality Population 1 Vindeln 2,356 2 Hällnäs 309 3 Tvärålund 271 4 Granö 261 5 Åmsele 201
The municipal seat in bold
Demographics This is a demographic table based on Vindeln Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.
In total there were 5,546 residents, including 4,091 Swedish citizens of voting age. 51.8 % voted for the left coalition and 47.1 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
Location % % Hällnäs 1,046 789 54.5 44.0 79 85 15 21,537 29Tvärålund 1,324 1,010 43.6 55.5 87 93 7 25,225 28Vindeln V 1,286 942 52.5 46.9 84 88 12 24,234 31Vindeln Ö 1,890 1,350 57.0 42.0 79 83 17 22,589 34Source: SVT
References
External links
Vindeln Municipality - Official site