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Vänersborg Municipality

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Vänersborg Municipality Vänersborgs kommun
Municipality
Vänersborg Railway Station
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 58°23′N 12°19′E / 58.383°N 12.317°E / 58.383; 12.317
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Vänersborg
Area ^[1]
• Total	898.83 km² (347.04 sq mi)
• Land	642.7 km² (248.1 sq mi)
• Water	256.13 km² (98.89 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	40,012
• Density	45/km² (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland and Dalsland
Municipal code	1487
Website	www.vanersborg.se

Vänersborg Municipality (Vänersborgs kommun) is a municipalityinVästra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the cityofVänersborg.

The present municipality was created during the local government reform in the early 1970s. In 1971 the City of Vänersborg became a municipality of unitary type and three years later it was amalgamated with three surrounding municipalities. The number of original local government entities (as of 1863) is eight.

Localities

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Brålanda, 1,500 inhabitants
Frändefors, 600
Katrinedal, 300
Nordkroken, 400
Vargön, 5,000
Vänersborg (seat), 22,000

Demographics

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This is a demographic table based on Vänersborg Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 39,574 residents, including 30,181 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 47.4% voted for the left coalition and 51.3% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

Blåsut

1,379

1,092

50.2

49.2

30,490

Brinketorp/Restad

1,346

994

50.8

48.3

28,514

Brålanda/Sundals Ryr

2,255

1,721

34.0

64.8

23,291

Centrala Vargön/V Tunhem

1,850

1,424

47.2

51.4

22,764

Centrala Vänersborg

2,018

1,658

52.5

46.0

21,327

Centrala Vänersborg N

1,891

1,659

53.7

45.7

23,875

Centrala Vänersborg S

2,050

1,672

51.4

46.3

20,573

Flanaden

1,920

991

66.5

30.0

14,095

Frändefors S/Vänerkusten

1,701

1,315

39.6

59.7

30,999

Frändefors V

1,274

999

33.9

65.4

26,563

Frändefors Ö/Vänerkusten

2,148

1,676

34.7

63.7

25,171

Hedmanstorget/Mariero Ö

2,071

1,483

59.0

39.0

19,942

Lyckhem S/Tenggrenstorp

1,483

1,145

53.1

44.8

22,398

Lyckhem V/Centrum V

1,897

1,598

49.7

49.1

25,338

Mariedal/Fridhem

2,004

1,485

48.6

50.1

26,556

Onsjö N

1,704

1,476

47.5

51.9

29,687

Onsjö S

1,394

993

47.9

51.6

29,994

Siviken/Väne Ryr

1,404

1,095

38.0

61.2

28,386

Torpa

1,491

1,006

59.2

39.5

18,389

Vargön NÖ

1,524

1,142

46.9

51.7

26,829

Vargön N/Nordkroken

1,946

1,441

47.4

52.0

29,764

Vänernäs/Lilleskog

1,465

1,125

44.7

54.6

27,628

Öxnered/Vassända

1,359

991

51.2

48.5

31,615

Source: SVT^[3]

International relations

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Twin towns — Sister cities

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The following cities are twinned with Vänersborg:^[4]

References

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Article on Swedish Wikipedia
Article Vänersborg - From Nordisk familjebok

^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Vänersborg i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2024.

^ "Nätverk och vänorter". Vänersborgs kommun.

External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vänersborg Municipality.

Vänersborg Municipality - Official site
The local newspaper (TTELA)

Municipalities and seats of Västra Götaland County

Municipalities

Municipal seats

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