Vänersborg Municipality

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

Vänersborg Municipality Vänersborgs kommun
Municipality
Vänersborg Railway Station
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 58°23′N 12°19′E
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Vänersborg
Area
• 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)
• 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

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

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

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:

• Arsuk, Sermersooq, Greenland
• Åland, Finland
• Eiði, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands
• Herning, Midtjylland, Denmark
• Lich, Hesse, Germany
• Husby, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
• Kangasala, Western Finland, Finland
• Siglufjörður, Eyjafjörður, Iceland
• Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway
• Räpina, Põlva County, Estonia

References

• Article on Swedish Wikipedia
• Article Vänersborg - From Nordisk familjebok

External links

• Vänersborg Municipality - Official site
• The local newspaper (TTELA)