In 1971 a local government reform was implemented in Sweden.

The municipality's coat of arms depicts a salmon, of which there are plenty in the river.

There are five localities (or urban areas) in Vindeln Municipality:[3] The municipal seat in bold This is a demographic table based on Vindeln Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

[4] In total there were 5,546 residents, including 4,091 Swedish citizens of voting age.

Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.