Älvsbyn Municipality

municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden

Key facts

Country: Sweden
County: Norrbotten County
Seat: Älvsbyn
Total: 1,795.24 km (693.15 sq mi)
Land: 1,698.04 km (655.62 sq mi)
Water: 97.2 km (37.5 sq mi)
Density: 4.590/km (11.89/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+1 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+2 ( CEST )
Iso 3166 code: SE
Province: Norrbotten
Website: www.alvsbyn.se

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Älvsbyn Municipality (Swedish: Älvsbyns kommun) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Älvsbyn.

The present municipality has the same size as the original one, created at the time the municipalities of Sweden were formed in 1863. 1948-1968 a part of it constituted a market town (köping) and a municipality of its own, but the entities were reunited in 1969.