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Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Vänersborg Municipality Vänersborgs kommun
Municipality
Vänersborg Railway StationVänersborg Railway Station
Coat of arms of Vänersborg MunicipalityCoat of arms
Coordinates: 58°23′N 12°19′E / 58.383°N 12.317°E / 58.383; 12.317
CountrySweden
CountyVästra Götaland County
SeatVänersborg
Area
 • Total898.83 km (347.04 sq mi)
 • Land642.7 km (248.1 sq mi)
 • Water256.13 km (98.89 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 • Total40,012
 • Density45/km (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVästergötland and Dalsland
Municipal code1487
Websitewww.vanersborg.se

Vänersborg Municipality (Vänersborgs kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Vänersborg.

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

Demographics

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.

In total there were 39,574 residents, including 30,181 Swedish citizens of voting age. 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 Residents Citizen
adults 		Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents 		Foreign
heritage 		Income
SEK 		Degree
% %
Blåsut 1,379 1,092 50.2 49.2 88 92 8 30,490 58
Brinketorp/Restad 1,346 994 50.8 48.3 80 82 18 28,514 50
Brålanda/Sundals Ryr 2,255 1,721 34.0 64.8 79 85 15 23,291 27
Centrala Vargön/V Tunhem 1,850 1,424 47.2 51.4 76 81 19 22,764 36
Centrala Vänersborg 2,018 1,658 52.5 46.0 73 77 23 21,327 40
Centrala Vänersborg N 1,891 1,659 53.7 45.7 78 90 10 23,875 48
Centrala Vänersborg S 2,050 1,672 51.4 46.3 71 69 31 20,573 40
Flanaden 1,920 991 66.5 30.0 50 21 79 14,095 19
Frändefors S/Vänerkusten 1,701 1,315 39.6 59.7 88 93 7 30,999 50
Frändefors V 1,274 999 33.9 65.4 85 96 4 26,563 28
Frändefors Ö/Vänerkusten 2,148 1,676 34.7 63.7 83 90 10 25,171 26
Hedmanstorget/Mariero Ö 2,071 1,483 59.0 39.0 66 60 40 19,942 35
Lyckhem S/Tenggrenstorp 1,483 1,145 53.1 44.8 72 66 34 22,398 34
Lyckhem V/Centrum V 1,897 1,598 49.7 49.1 78 85 15 25,338 46
Mariedal/Fridhem 2,004 1,485 48.6 50.1 80 77 23 26,556 42
Onsjö N 1,704 1,476 47.5 51.9 88 89 11 29,687 49
Onsjö S 1,394 993 47.9 51.6 82 87 13 29,994 49
Siviken/Väne Ryr 1,404 1,095 38.0 61.2 87 93 7 28,386 33
Torpa 1,491 1,006 59.2 39.5 60 45 55 18,389 26
Vargön NÖ 1,524 1,142 46.9 51.7 82 90 10 26,829 37
Vargön N/Nordkroken 1,946 1,441 47.4 52.0 87 91 9 29,764 46
Vänernäs/Lilleskog 1,465 1,125 44.7 54.6 84 91 9 27,628 41
Öxnered/Vassända 1,359 991 51.2 48.5 87 92 8 31,615 55
Source: SVT

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Vänersborg:

References

  1. "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.
  2. "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Valresultat 2022 för Vänersborg i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  4. "Nätverk och vänorter". Vänersborgs kommun.

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Places adjacent to Vänersborg Municipality
Färgelanda Mellerud
Uddevalla Vänersborg Vänersborg Bay (Vänern)
Grästorp
Lilla Edet Trollhättan
Municipalities and seats of Västra Götaland County
Municipalities Coat of arms of Västra Götaland County
Municipal seats
Localities in Vänersborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
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