Varberg Municipality

Varberg Municipality (Varbergs kommun) is a municipality in Halland County, in southwest Sweden. Its seat is in Varberg.

Varberg Municipality Varbergs kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 57°06′N 12°15′E
Country	Sweden
County	Halland County
Seat	Varberg
Area
• Total	1,703.35 km2 (657.67 sq mi)
• Land	868.71 km2 (335.41 sq mi)
• Water	834.64 km2 (322.26 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	68,325
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Halland and Västergötland
Municipal code	1383
Website	www.varberg.se

Map of Varberg Municipality

It was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Varberg and the surrounding rural municipalities. There are 25 original local government entities included in the municipality.

5,000 people are commuting out from the municipality, mainly to Gothenburg and Falkenberg. 3,200 people are commuting into Falkenberg.

Localities

There are 16 urban areas (also called a tätort or locality) in Varberg Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Varberg	26,041
2	Tvååker	2,390
3	Veddige	2,192
4	Träslövsläge	1,985
5	Bua	1,792
6	Trönninge	847
7	Skällinge	603
8	Södra Näs	600
9	Väröbacka	521
10	Rolfstorp	502
11	Tångaberg	445
12	Åsby	429
13	Kungsäter	360
14	Tofta	350
15	Himle	259
16	Löftaskog	226

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Varberg 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 66,604 inhabitants, including 51,969 Swedish citizens of voting age. 47.3% voted for the left coalition and 51.7% 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 % % Apelviken-Nygård 1,395 1,234 45.0 54.7 86 92 8 30,266 54 Barnabro-Lugnet-Getterön 1,481 1,154 56.4 42.4 85 80 20 28,043 48 Bläshammar-Trönningenäs 1,982 1,358 46.2 53.0 89 88 12 31,881 51 Breared 2,326 1,793 51.7 47.5 88 82 18 28,775 50 Brunnsberg-Norrdal 1,809 1,515 50.6 47.6 80 69 31 24,597 39 Bua 2,187 1,697 39.1 59.9 85 89 11 26,393 38 Derome-Sällstorp 1,424 1,062 38.6 60.3 88 90 10 27,700 30 Gamleby 1,741 1,670 45.0 54.0 87 85 15 26,782 45 Grimeton-Gödestad 1,868 1,356 40.1 58.6 88 92 8 27,800 35 Håsten 2,136 1,517 55.8 42.2 71 61 39 21,117 24 Hästhaga-Rosenfred 1,660 1,439 51.0 48.2 84 91 9 28,973 49 Karl Gustav-Grimmared 665 526 37.7 61.1 82 92 8 22,932 27 Karlberg 1,717 1,329 55.2 44.3 89 88 12 29,582 53 Kungsäter-Gunnarsjö 833 660 41.6 57.5 84 89 11 23,427 26 Lilla Träslöv 1,604 1,209 48.5 50.2 86 83 17 29,441 51 Lindberg-Tofta-Torpa 1,277 939 40.6 58.9 89 92 8 29,282 38 Lorensberg-Tranelyckan 1,410 1,244 51.6 47.8 80 91 9 24,614 53 Mariedal 1,397 1,133 51.8 47.4 84 83 17 26,583 45 Rolfstorp 1,120 827 45.0 53.1 87 91 9 26,819 32 Sibbarp-Dagsås 883 670 49.5 49.5 80 88 12 25,230 32 Skällinge-Nösslinge 1,100 828 48.2 50.6 86 92 8 26,061 31 Spannarp 723 541 41.1 58.0 92 89 11 27,328 32 Stenåsa-Äckregården 1,710 1,450 54.0 45.1 84 84 16 26,977 43 Stråvalla 1,211 932 41.5 57.8 90 91 9 29,303 40 Sörse-Apelvikshöjd 1,940 1,552 60.4 38.1 76 70 30 21,254 38 Sörse-Ranelid 1,694 1,369 61.2 37.7 74 70 30 22,158 32 Trädlyckan 1,349 1,127 49.5 49.0 85 80 20 26,345 43 Träslöv N 1,591 1,159 49.7 49.8 89 93 7 31,778 47 Träslöv S 1,763 1,300 49.6 50.3 90 89 11 32,731 54 Träslövsläge NV 1,970 1,493 42.3 56.5 89 94 6 30,451 57 Träslövsläge SÖ 1,791 1,299 45.1 53.4 87 92 8 29,560 47 Tvååker V 2,209 1,611 47.3 51.2 83 83 17 25,432 33 Tvååker Ö 1,940 1,452 46.0 53.4 85 88 12 25,917 32 Trönninge-Göingegården 2,674 1,863 47.2 51.7 89 85 15 31,022 50 Tångaberg-Kärra-Åskloster 1,885 1,515 40.9 57.8 85 91 9 29,498 44 Valinge-Stamnared 1,094 823 40.5 58.6 88 94 6 26,535 35 Varberg Centrum N 1,723 1,503 50.5 47.8 78 82 18 24,373 42 Varberg Centrum S 1,683 1,591 46.9 52.1 82 89 11 26,274 47 Veddige V 1,958 1,496 43.9 55.3 86 86 14 25,505 34 Veddige Ö 1,463 987 42.1 57.1 81 78 22 23,895 26 Värö 2,218 1,746 39.3 60.0 85 88 12 25,372 32 Source: SVT

International relations

Sign of Karlovy Vary's sister cities

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is twinned with:

• Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
• Haderslev Municipality, Denmark
• Tartumaa, Estonia
• Uusikaupunki, Finland
• Sandefjord, Norway

External links

• Varberg travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Varberg Municipality - Official site
• Halland County Museum at Varberg - Official site
• Coat of arms
• Varberg Municipality Vacancies