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Lycksele
Sign in to saveLycksele (; ; Ume Sami: ) is a locality and the seat of Lycksele Municipality in Västerbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 8,513 inhabitants in 2010.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Lycksele
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 16000300030631-Lycksele-Riksantikvarieämbetet.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Late 1970s in Lycksele
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sweden Västerbotten#Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sweden
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Lycksele Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Västerbotten County
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lapland
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 8.53
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 31 December 2010
- Settlement.population_total
- 8,513
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 998
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- urban area in Sweden
- Official name
- Lycksele
- Country
- Sweden
- Population
- 8580
- Area
- 849
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- 16000300030631-Lycksele-Riksantikvarieämbetet.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0950
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- Lycksele
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Lycksele (; ; Ume Sami: ) is a locality and the seat of Lycksele Municipality in Västerbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 8,513 inhabitants in 2010.
==History== Until the 1600s there were no settled communities in southern Lapland. The area was used as grazing land by the forest Sami but had no permanent population. As the Swedish government sought to strengthen its position, the need for permanent meeting places arose. Churches and marketplaces were established at these locations, where Sami, traders, and settlers could meet. Additionally, taxes were also collected there.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lycksele” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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