Skellefteå, Sweden, Europe
Year latitude: ° 0' longitude: ° 0' Period Initiator(s) Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Inhabitants 35,000 Target population Town website Town related links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skellefteå Literature type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
Skellefteå is a city in Västerbotten in northern Sweden. It has 35,525 inhabitants, and is the seat of Skellefteå Municipality, with 73,000 inhabitants. In the 20th century Skellefteå evolved to an industrial and mining city and many wooden houses were demolished to give room for brick buildings. The largest employer in Skellefteå is the mining company Boliden AB, with about 1,200 employees. Mining is done for gold, and Skellefteå is sometimes referred to as the Goldtown. source: Signe Sophie Boeggild
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