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Umeå
Vaesterbotten · Sweden
City population
130,224
#8
in Sweden
#1
in Vaesterbotten
#4,383
worldwide
63.828, 20.260 · 513 km from Stockholm
About Umeå
Umeå is a city in Vaesterbotten, Sweden with a population of 130,224. It is the 8th largest of the 99 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sweden, and the 4,383rd largest worldwide. It lies 513 km from Stockholm.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Vaesterbotten
Rank in region
#1of 2
Elevation
24 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Stockholm
Coordinates
63.828, 20.260
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
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