Robertsfors Municipality

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Robertsfors Municipality
Robertsfors kommun
—  Municipality  —

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Västerbotten County
Seat Robertsfors
Area1
 • Total 2,388.05 km2 (922.03 sq mi)
 • Land 1,301.79 km2 (502.62 sq mi)
 • Water 1,086.26 km2 (419.41 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population (June 30, 2012)2
 • Total 6,859
 • Density Bad rounding here2.9/km2 (Bad rounding here7.4/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Västerbotten
Municipal code 2409
Website www.robertsfors.se
The world's largest cheese slicer in Ånäset.

Robertsfors Municipality (Swedish: Robertsfors kommun) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Robertsfors.

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History

In 1759 the small village Edfastmark became Robertsfors Bruk. It was the Irishman John Jennings and his brother-in-law, the Scotsman Robert Finlay, who founded the new ironworks which also got its name, Robertsfors, from Robert Finlay.3

Localities

There are three localities (or urban areas) in Robertsfors Municipality:4

# Locality Population
1 Robertsfors 2,010
2 Ånäset 622
3 Bygdeå 506

The municipal seat in bold

Notable natives

References

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2010-08-21. 
  2. ^ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2012" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 
  3. ^ Official site (Swedish)
  4. ^ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005

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Coat of arms of Västerbotten County
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Localities in Robertsfors Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden
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Coordinates: 64°12′N 20°51′E / 64.200°N 20.850°E / 64.200; 20.850