Norrtälje Municipality

municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden

Key facts

Country: Sweden
County: Stockholm County
Seat: Norrtälje
Total: 5,869.67 km (2,266.29 sq mi)
Land: 2,016.04 km (778.40 sq mi)
Water: 3,853.63 km (1,487.89 sq mi)
Density: 33.151/km (85.861/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+1 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+2 ( CEST )
Iso 3166 code: SE
Province: Uppland
Municipal code: 0188
Website: www.norrtalje.se

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Norrtälje Municipality (Swedish: Norrtälje kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Norrtälje.

It is the largest and northernmost municipality of Stockholm County and was created in 1971 through the amalgamation of several former municipalities. There are 25 original local government units (as of 1863) combined in the present municipality. Since the municipality was formed in 1971, the population has grown almost every year. With the exception of the mandate period 2014–2018, Norrtälje has had a non-socialistic municipal government since 2010.