Mariestad Municipality
Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
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Mariestad Municipality (Swedish: Mariestads kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Mariestad.
Mariestad Municipality
Mariestads kommun | |
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Mariestad Railway Station | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 58°42′N 13°49′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Seat | Mariestad |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,503.1914 km2 (580.3854 sq mi) |
| • Land | 601.1514 km2 (232.1059 sq mi) |
| • Water | 902.04 km2 (348.28 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 24,582 |
| • Density | 40.892/km2 (105.91/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Västergötland |
| Municipal code | 1493 |
| Website | www.mariestad.se |
The present municipality was formed in 1971, when the City of Mariestad was amalgamated with four surrounding rural municipalities.
Geography
Mariestad Municipality is situated on Lake Vänern and is visited by many tourists in summer. The largest fresh water archipelago in Sweden lies within the municipality. Torsö and Brommö are the two largest islands. North of the city, in Sjötorp, Göta Canal meets Lake Vänern.
Localities
Population centers in the municipality include:
Industry
The largest employers are Electrolux home products and Katrinefors bruk, a part of Metsä Tissue AB. SCA Packaging AB, RM Perfo AB and Jede AB are other notable companies in Mariestad. Within the IT industry Telia Partner AB and WM-data Infra Solutions AB are the two biggest employers. Just south of Mariestad, in Lugnås, you find Nimbus Produktion AB who manufactures Nimbus boats.
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Mariestad 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 24,698 residents, including 19,407 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 47.4% voted for the left coalition and 51.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Bråten-V Skogen | 1,770 | 1,314 | 54.9 | 44.1 | 76 | 66 | 34 | 22,509 | 33 |
| Grangärdet | 1,481 | 1,095 | 51.8 | 47.3 | 83 | 86 | 14 | 25,116 | 30 |
| Hassle-Torsö | 1,868 | 1,498 | 41.7 | 57.2 | 86 | 91 | 9 | 25,826 | 33 |
| Högelid | 1,935 | 1,494 | 49.6 | 49.6 | 90 | 91 | 9 | 28,812 | 43 |
| Ladukärr | 1,600 | 1,319 | 52.2 | 47.0 | 81 | 89 | 11 | 24,117 | 39 |
| Leksberg | 1,576 | 1,160 | 46.5 | 52.8 | 89 | 86 | 14 | 28,621 | 41 |
| Leverstad | 1,218 | 949 | 51.8 | 46.4 | 77 | 72 | 28 | 22,856 | 28 |
| Lockerud-Ekudden | 1,482 | 1,107 | 48.7 | 50.8 | 76 | 79 | 21 | 24,680 | 42 |
| Lugnås | 1,539 | 1,199 | 38.3 | 59.3 | 86 | 90 | 10 | 26,123 | 29 |
| Lyrestad-Sjötorp | 1,537 | 1,217 | 39.2 | 59.9 | 78 | 90 | 10 | 23,286 | 25 |
| Madlyckan | 1,580 | 1,284 | 48.8 | 50.1 | 80 | 86 | 14 | 24,713 | 35 |
| Marieholm | 1,601 | 1,265 | 56.2 | 42.6 | 74 | 73 | 27 | 21,259 | 31 |
| Näset | 1,270 | 1,145 | 44.0 | 55.4 | 78 | 85 | 15 | 24,009 | 38 |
| Tidavad | 1,207 | 926 | 40.7 | 57.8 | 86 | 95 | 5 | 27,200 | 35 |
| Trädgården | 1,741 | 1,458 | 50.7 | 48.1 | 75 | 86 | 14 | 21,421 | 37 |
| Ullervad | 1,293 | 977 | 44.0 | 55.3 | 89 | 94 | 6 | 27,473 | 36 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
