Älvsbyn Municipality is a
Swedish municipality in
Norrbotten County, in northern
Sweden. Its seat is in Älvsbyn with about 5,000 inhabitants, located at 50 meters above sea level.Other towns are Korsträsk (pop. 400),
Vidsel (620), and Vistheden (250). Of the smaller villages, Vistheden is the best known, as a division of the
Swedish army is stationed there.Älvsbyn Municipality has 8689 inhabitants. For many years, the number was dropping, but lately, the municipality has been accepting refugees and immigrants. In the first quarter of 2006, 25 people died, and 65 people moved away from Älvsbyn. At the same time, 13 were born, about 50 foreginers settled here. Roughly a dozen moved south, and another dozen moved back home from neighboring municipalities.
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