Hedesunda

Hedesunda
Official logo of Hedesunda
Hedesunda is located in Sweden Gävleborg
Hedesunda
Hedesunda
Hedesunda is located in Sweden
Hedesunda
Hedesunda
Coordinates: 60°24′N 17°00′E / 60.400°N 17.000°E / 60.400; 17.000
CountrySweden
ProvinceGästrikland
CountyGävleborg County
MunicipalityGävle Municipality
Area
 • Total1.68 km2 (0.65 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total1,028
 • Density613/km2 (1,590/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Hedesunda is a locality and a parish situated in Gävle Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 1,028 inhabitants as of 2010.[1] The area used to be a municipality in its own right before being incorporated into Gävle.

The urban area in Hedesunda consists of the village of Brunn. Brunn and its surroundings has a population of about 1,100. Before being incorporated the municipality held about 2800 people and in the beginning of the 20th century the number was around 5 000 citizens. The population has been rising since the beginning of the 21st century.[2] The surrounding landscape consists of low-lying forest, moors and peat bog.

  1. ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. ^ Niedomysl, Thomas; Tillman, Anna-Maria; Fransson, Urban (2013). "Befolkningsutveckling i Hedesunda församling" (PDF) (in Swedish).