Uppsala Municipality

Also known as Uppsala kommun

municipality in Uppsala County, Sweden

Key facts

Country: Sweden
County: Uppsala County
Seat: Uppsala
Total: 2,234.47 km (862.73 sq mi)
Land: 2,182.8 km (842.8 sq mi)
Water: 51.67 km (19.95 sq mi)
Density: 113.28/km (293.40/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+1 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+2 ( CEST )
Iso 3166 code: SE
Province: Uppland
Municipal code: 0380
Website: www.uppsala.se

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Uppsala Municipality (Swedish: Uppsala kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Uppsala has a population of 211,411 (2016-06-30). Its seat is located in the university city of Uppsala.

Uppsala Municipality was created through amalgamations taking place during the late sixties and the early seventies. There are about thirty original local government units combined in the present municipality. A split took place in 2003, when Knivsta Municipality was formed.