Umeå

urban area in Umeå Municipality, Sweden
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Summary

Umeå is an urban area in Sweden[1]. Umeå ranks in the top 0.48% of urban area in sweden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,349 views/month, #7 of 1,464).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Umeå Municipality[3], Västerbotten[4], Umeå stadsdistrikt[5], Umeå landsdistrikt[6], Umeå Maria[7], Teg[8], Ålidhem[9]
  • Country: Sweden[10]
  • Instance of: ducal[11], chef-lieu[12]
  • Postal code: 90X XX[13]
  • Commons category: Umeå[14]
  • Located in time zone: Central European Time[15], UTC+01:00[16], UTC+02:00[17]
  • Local dialing code: 090[18]
  • Inception: January 1, 1622[19]
  • Official website: http://www.umea.se/[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Umeå[21]
  • Commons gallery: Umeå[22]
  • Population: 79,594[23], 75,643[24], 84,761[25], 83,249[26], 86,311[27], 87,404[28], 88,203[29], 89,607[30], 91,916[31], 94,243[32]
  • Time of earliest written record: 1314[33]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34]
  • Capital of: Västerbotten County[35], Umeå Municipality[36]
  • Official name: Umeå[37], Ubmeje[38]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Umeå[39]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Umeå[40]
  • Native label: Umeå[41]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Umeå[42]
  • Different from: Haumea[43]
  • Elevation above sea level: 12 m[44]
  • Area: 3415 ha[45], 3291 ha[46], 3220 ha[47], 3180 ha[48], 3513 ha[49], 3632 ha[50]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Umeå include Umeå Airport[51], an international airport[52], in Sweden[53], founded in 1961[54].

Why It Matters

Umeå has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Umeå is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

Entities named for Umeå include Umeå Airport[51], an international airport[52], in Sweden[53], founded in 1961[54].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] ↑ . Q24499921. wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Localities 2010. wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Localities 2010. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Localities 2010. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Tätorter 2015; befolkning 2010–2018, landareal, andel som överlappas av fritidshusområden. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Tätorter 2015; befolkning 2010–2018, landareal, andel som överlappas av fritidshusområden. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Tätorter 2015; befolkning 2010–2018, landareal, andel som överlappas av fritidshusområden. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Tätorter 2015; befolkning 2010–2018, landareal, andel som överlappas av fritidshusområden. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Statistiska tätorter 2018 – befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Q88541482. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Statistical localities 2020. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Q131585031. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Localities 2010. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . Localities 2010. wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . Localities 2010. wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . Tätorter 2015; befolkning 2010–2018, landareal, andel som överlappas av fritidshusområden. wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . Statistiska tätorter 2018 – befolkning, landareal, befolkningstäthet. wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Statistical localities 2020. wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . Q131585031. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → Central European Time, UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
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    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Instance of → urban area in Sweden, ducal, chef-lieu
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    Located in time zone → Central European Time, UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
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