Grästorp Municipality (Grästorps kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Grästorp.
Grästorp Municipality
Grästorps kommun | |
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 Grästorp Railway Station | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 58°20′N 12°40′E / 58.333°N 12.667°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Seat | Grästorp |
| Area | |
• Total | 280.66 km2 (108.36 sq mi) |
| • Land | 264.68 km2 (102.19 sq mi) |
| • Water | 15.98 km2 (6.17 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 5,563 |
| • Density | 20/km2 (51/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Västergötland |
| Municipal code | 1444 |
| Website | www.grastorp.se |
| Density is calculated using land area only. | |
Grästorp Municipality is located right in the middle of Västra Götaland County, by the shores of Lake Vänern.
History
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In the year 1900 the village Grästorp was detached from Tengene and made a market town (köping). The local government reform of 1952 amalgamated it with twelve surrounding municipalities (among them Tengene). The 1971 reform made the term köping obsolete, thus forming Grästorps kommun without amendment of territory.
The area has been inhabited at least since the Viking Age as it contains several runestones. The runestone at the church at Sal has an inscription that reads "Torgård satte denna sten efter Toke, sin frände", meaning "Torgård raised this stone for Toke, his kinsman".
Localities
editThe seat Grästorp (pop. 3,000) is the only built-up locality with more than 200 inhabitants in this predominantly rural area.
Demographics
editThis is a demographic table based on Grästorp 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 5,727 residents, including 4,530 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 39.2% voted for the left coalition and 59.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Grästorp N | 1,808 | 1,441 | 40.7 | 57.7 | 80 | 88 | 12 | 23,650 | 26 |
| Grästorp rural | 2,107 | 1,683 | 36.4 | 62.1 | 82 | 90 | 10 | 25,313 | 31 |
| Grästorp S | 1,812 | 1,406 | 42.4 | 57.0 | 89 | 93 | 7 | 25,858 | 38 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "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 Grästorp i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
External links
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- Grästorp Municipality - Official site