Strömstad Municipality (Strömstads kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Strömstad.
Strömstad Municipality
Strömstads kommun | |
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 City Hall of Strömstad | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 58°56′N 11°10′E / 58.933°N 11.167°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Seat | Strömstad |
| Area | |
• Total | 951.83 km2 (367.50 sq mi) |
| • Land | 467.48 km2 (180.50 sq mi) |
| • Water | 484.35 km2 (187.01 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 13,476 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (37/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Bohuslän |
| Municipal code | 1486 |
| Website | www.stromstad.se |
The municipality got its present boundaries in 1967, when the City of Strömstad was merged with the two adjacent rural municipalities Tjärnö and Vette. Vette had been created in 1952 out of four older entities.
Geography
editStrömstad Municipality is located on the Norwegian border and is known to attract large numbers of shoppers from Norway due to the marked price gap, notably in the tax-burdened alcohol and tobacco, but also groceries such as meat and sugar. There are also many deals on automotive services.
Localities
editDemographics
editThis is a demographic table based on Strömstad 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 13,248 residents, including 9,106 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 41.4% voted for the left coalition and 57.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Bojar | 1,732 | 1,137 | 43.0 | 56.0 | 67 | 63 | 37 | 28,210 | 34 |
| Centrum N | 1,925 | 1,353 | 52.9 | 45.8 | 67 | 56 | 44 | 21,160 | 25 |
| Centrum S | 1,934 | 1,388 | 46.3 | 52.2 | 71 | 73 | 27 | 26,454 | 30 |
| Seläter-Hällestrand | 1,327 | 862 | 39.3 | 58.9 | 66 | 66 | 34 | 29,370 | 35 |
| Skee-Strömstad Ö | 2,051 | 1,345 | 36.3 | 62.3 | 71 | 72 | 28 | 25,262 | 25 |
| Strömstad N | 1,418 | 820 | 46.8 | 52.1 | 52 | 57 | 43 | 24,811 | 25 |
| Strömstad S | 1,784 | 1,333 | 40.2 | 58.2 | 71 | 71 | 29 | 26,444 | 32 |
| Tjärnö/Koster | 1,077 | 868 | 49.4 | 48.5 | 73 | 82 | 18 | 25,120 | 46 |
| 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 Strömstad i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
External links
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Media related to Strömstad Municipality at Wikimedia Commons- Strömstad Municipality - Official site
- Strömstad and Koster - Tourist site
- Besökskartan - Map
