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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

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
Sweden
Located in
Uppsala County
Capital
Uppsala
Official language
Finnish
Population
249726
Area
52.03
Elevation
15
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Shares border with
Norrtälje Municipality
Employees
17675
Official website
www.uppsala.se
Image
Uppsalacityhall2022 1.jpg
Dialing code
018
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Commons category
Uppsala Municipality
topic's main category
Category:Uppsala Municipality
inception
1971-01-01
category of associated people
Category:People from Uppsala Municipality
short name
Uppsala
twinned administrative body
Tartu City
postal code
751 70–757 59
phone number
+46-18-727-00-00
catchphrase
Välkommen hit, välkommen hem
social media followers
5883
email address
mailto:[email protected]
freedom of information requests URL
handlingar.se/en/new/municipality_of_uppsala
number of viewers/listeners
732811
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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Uppsala Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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