Vännäs Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

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 in Västerbotten County

Västerbotten County

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 in northern Sweden

Sweden

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. Its seat

Administrative centre

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 is located in Vännäs

Vännäs

Vännäs, from Wendenäs, ‘where the river changes it path’ is a locality that have existed since 1539. Vännäs is the seat of Vännäs Municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden and had roughly 4,100 inhabitants in 2005....

.

History

In 1928 the locality

Urban areas in Sweden

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 Vännäs was detached from the rural municipality with the same name, forming the market town (köping

Köping

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) of Vännäs. The two entities were reunited in 1971. In 1974 Bjurholm Municipality was added. A split took place in 1980 when Bjurholm Municipality

Bjurholm Municipality

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 was re-established.

Geography

The municipality is located just west of Umeå Municipality

Umeå Municipality

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, where Umeå

Umeå

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 is the seat, with about 110,000 inhabitants, and it is part of the Umeå region. This is evident considering that the municipality has 1,500 people commuting

Commuting

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 to Umeå Municipality and about 400 commuters from Umeå Municipality. Its neighbouring municipalities Vindeln Municipality

Vindeln Municipality

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...

, Bjurholm Municipality

Bjurholm Municipality

Bjurholm Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Bjurholm.The present municipality has the same territory as the one instituted in 1863, when the municipal system was implemented in Sweden. Between 1974 and 1983 it was, however, part of...

 and Nordmaling Municipality

Nordmaling Municipality

Nordmaling Municipality is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Nordmaling.-History:The municipal system in Sweden was introduced in 1863 and Nordmaling Municipality was one of the entities created out of a parish. In 1914 a part of the municipality was...

 only receive a total of about 100 commuters from Vännäs Municipality and Vännäs Municipality receives a total of 200 commuters from them.

Localities

There are two localities

Urban areas in Sweden

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 (or urban areas) in Vännäs Municipality:

#	Locality	Population
1	Vännäs Vännäs Vännäs, from Wendenäs, ‘where the river changes it path’ is a locality that have existed since 1539. Vännäs is the seat of Vännäs Municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden and had roughly 4,100 inhabitants in 2005....	4,100
2	Vännäsby Vännäsby Vännäsby is a locality situated in Vännäs Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 1,522 inhabitants in 2005....	1,522

The municipal seat in bold

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External links

• Vännäs Municipality - Official site