Sandviken Municipality

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Sandvikens kommun
County Gävleborg County
Province Gästrikland
Seat Sandviken
Area
 • Total area
 • Land area		 87th of 290
1,165 km²
Population
 • Total
 66th of 290
36,747 inhabitants
Density
 • Total
32 inhabitants/km²
Website sandviken.se
Population as of 2007

Sandviken Municipality (Sandvikens kommun) is a municipality in Gävleborg County, in east central Sweden. The seat is the town Sandviken.

The present municipality was created in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Sandviken (itself instituted in 1943) with a number of surrounding rural municipalities.

The coat of arms was granted to the then City of Sandviken upon its institution in 1943. The device in the midddle is a steam hammer. After the municipality reform of 1971 the arms was was taken over by the new, larger, entity.

Note: As Sandviken means the sandy bay there are numerous other places of that name throughout Scandinavia.

See also: Sandvik, University College of Gävle

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