Heby Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...

 in Uppsala County

Uppsala County

Uppsala County is a county or län on the eastern coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland, Gävleborg, and the Baltic Sea.- Province :For History, Geography and Culture see: Uppland...

 in east central Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. Its seat is located in the town of Heby

Heby

Heby is a locality and the seat of Heby Municipality in Uppsala County, Sweden with 2,687 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...

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The first municipality with the name Heby was created in 1952, during the first of the two nation-wide municipal reforms in Sweden, through the amalgamation of three original units in Västmanland County

Västmanland County

Västmanland County is a county or län in central Sweden. It borders to the counties of Södermanland, Örebro, Gävleborg, Dalarna and Uppsala...

. 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.

Localities

• Harbo
  Harbo
  Harbo is a locality situated in Heby Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 702 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Heby
  Heby
  Heby is a locality and the seat of Heby Municipality in Uppsala County, Sweden with 2,687 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...
  
   (seat)
• Morgongåva
  Morgongåva
  Morgongåva is a locality situated in Heby Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 1,351 inhabitants in 2005.-Town name:Town name - as the oldest known name for a cottage from 1667 containing the word...
  
  
• Runhällen
  Runhällen
  Runhällen is a locality situated in Heby Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 213 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Tärnsjö
  Tärnsjö
  Tärnsjö is a locality situated in Heby Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden, with 1,262 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Vittinge
  Vittinge
  Vittinge is a locality situated in Heby Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 480 inhabitants in 2005....
  
  
• Östervåla
  Östervåla
  Östervåla is a locality situated in Heby Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 1,570 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...
  
  

Geography

The Dalälven River forms Heby's northern border. The municipality also has substantial forests with animals such as elk

Moose

The moose or Eurasian elk is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a dendritic configuration...

, deer

Deer

Deer are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. Species in the Cervidae family include white-tailed deer, elk, moose, red deer, reindeer, fallow deer, roe deer and chital. Male deer of all species and female reindeer grow and shed new antlers each year...

, fox

Fox

Fox is a common name for many species of omnivorous mammals belonging to the Canidae family. Foxes are small to medium-sized canids , characterized by possessing a long narrow snout, and a bushy tail .Members of about 37 species are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 species actually belong to...

, bear

Bear

Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives. Although there are only eight living species of bear, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern...

 and lynx

Lynx

A lynx is any of the four Lynx genus species of medium-sized wildcats. The name "lynx" originated in Middle English via Latin from Greek word "λύγξ", derived from the Indo-European root "*leuk-", meaning "light, brightness", in reference to the luminescence of its reflective eyes...

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Notability

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.

External links

• Heby Municipality - Official site