Bjurholm Municipality
municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden
Bjurholm Municipality (Swedish: Bjurholms kommun) is a municipality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Bjurholm.
The present municipality has the same territory as the one instituted in 1863, when the municipal system was implemented in Sweden. Between 1974 and 1983 it was, however, part of Vännäs Municipality. The split in 1983 made Bjurholm the least populated of all Swedish municipalities, and the population is still decreasing.
Locality
There is only one locality (or urban area) in Bjurholm Municipality:
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Bjurholm Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.
In total there were 2,394 residents, including 1,832 Swedish citizens of voting age. 42.6% voted for the left coalition and 56.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. The postal votes caused a difference between the sole electoral district and the overall results.
“Bjurholm Municipality” enters the record as municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Bjurholm, Municipality and municipality can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q376003. Authority coordinates are 63.917, 19.217. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1863, 1974, 1983 and 2022.
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