Mellerud Municipality (original) (raw)

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Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Mellerud Municipality Melleruds kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Mellerud MunicipalityCoat of arms
Coordinates: 58°42′N 12°28′E / 58.700°N 12.467°E / 58.700; 12.467
Country Sweden
County Västra Götaland County
Seat Mellerud
Area[1]
• Total 944.46 km2 (364.66 sq mi)
• Land 516.8 km2 (199.5 sq mi)
• Water 427.66 km2 (165.12 sq mi)
Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)[2]
• Total 9,165
• Density 9.7/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Dalsland
Municipal code 1461
Website www.mellerud.se

Mellerud Municipality (Melleruds kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County by Lake Vänern in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Mellerud.

The amalgamation leading to the present municipality took place in 1969 when "old" Mellerud (instituted as a market town (köping) in 1908) was merged with Bolstad, Kroppefjäll and Skållerud. Before the municipal reform of 1952 there were ten entities in the area.

Population figures from Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005.

This is a demographic table based on Mellerud 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 9,235 residents, including 6,919 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 39.5% voted for the left coalition and 58.7% 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
% %
Bolstad 1,204 935 36.4 63.0 86 91 9 25,250 26
Fagerlid/Järn 2,190 1,708 38.2 60.1 80 81 19 24,064 27
Mellerud/Holm 2,672 1,817 42.0 55.5 69 62 38 19,674 29
Rostock/Dalskog/Ör 1,971 1,545 37.3 61.0 80 88 12 23,099 29
Skållerud 1,198 914 43.1 55.1 72 78 22 21,677 30
Source: SVT[3]
  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. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Mellerud i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2023.