Östhammar Municipality

Östhammars kommun
County	Uppsala County
Province	Uppland
Seat	Östhammar
Area  • Total area  • Land area	72nd of 290 1,502.55 km² 1,471.61 km²
Population  • Total	112th of 290 21,435 inhabitants
Density  • Total	205th of 290 14.6 inhabitants/km²
Website	http://www.osthammar.se/
Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006

Östhammar Municipality (Östhammars kommun) is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Östhammar. The present municipality was created during the local government reform in the late sixties and early seventies. Already in 1967 the City of Öregrund joined the City of Östhammar in a common municipality. It was the first time a former city joined another local government unit. By 1971 the new combined city became a municipality of unitary type and in 1974 more units were added.

Localities

All towns with over 200 inhabitants in 2000, from Statistics Sweden.

• Östhammar (seat)
• Gimo
• Österbybruk
• Hargshamn
• Dannemora
• Öregrund
• Alunda
• Skoby (part of this bimunicipal locality is in Uppsala Municipality)
• Norrskedika

Another notable village is Forsmark (pop. 59), where the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant is situated.

External link

• Östhammar Municipality - Official site

Coordinates: 60°16′N 18°22′E / 60.267, 18.367