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Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is the largest locality in Norrland and the thirteenth largest in Sweden, with a wider municipal population of 130,224 inhabitants in 2020. [1] [4] When Umeå University was established in 1965, growth accelerated, and the amount of housing has doubled in 30 years from 1980 to 2010. [5]
Umeå is a town in northern Sweden. The town is known for the large number of birch trees. About 116,465 people were living in Umeå Municipality in late 2011. The town had to recover from a very large fire in 1888. Umeå is the biggest city in Norrland, the most northern region of Sweden since 1962. The town had about 80,000 people living ...
Umeå, town and capital of Västerbotten län (county), northeastern Sweden. It lies on the left bank of the Umeå River near the Gulf of Bothnia. It has long been an educational and cultural centre for northern Sweden. In 1622 it was incorporated by Gustav II Adolf.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Nov 30, 2020 · Located near the northeast coast of Sweden, Umeå was founded in 1622 by Swedish King Gustav II Adolf. Today, Umeå is often referred to as the “capital of northern Sweden”, since it’s the largest urban community in the region.
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Umeå blir högskolestad och får sedan ett universitet. 1992 blir vi Norrlands mest folkrika kommun. 2000–2023 Umeå fortsätter växa som bara den. Vi har blivit bäst i Sverige på många sätt. Umeå var hela Europas kulturhuvudstad 2014. Stadsvapnets historia Staden Umeå grundades 1622.
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Umeå Municipality ( Swedish: Umeå kommun) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. The seat is in Umeå .
