Umeå

Umea Municipality (Umea kommun) is a municipality in the Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is Umeå, which is also the county seat of Västerbotten County. The municipality is an administrative entity defined by geographical borders, consisting of Umea and a large area around it. The present municipality consists of many former local government units joined together in a series of municipal reforms carried out between 1952 and 1974.