Ulricehamn Municipality
Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
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Ulricehamn Municipality (Swedish: Ulricehamns kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Ulricehamn.
Ulricehamn Municipality
Ulricehamns kommun | |
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Ulricehamn town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 57°47′N 13°25′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Seat | Ulricehamn |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,116.71 km2 (431.16 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,046.02 km2 (403.87 sq mi) |
| • Water | 70.69 km2 (27.29 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 24,974 |
| • Density | 23.875/km2 (61.837/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Västergötland |
| Municipal code | 1491 |
| Website | www.ulricehamn.se |
The present municipality was created in 1974 when the former City of Ulricehamn was merged with three former rural municipalities (themselves established through amalgamations of minor units in 1952).
Localities
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Ulricehamn 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 24,871 residents, including 18,972 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 43.9% voted for the left coalition and 54.8% for the right coalition.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Blidsberg/Dalum | 2,089 | 1,571 | 38.0 | 59.9 | 79 | 82 | 18 | 22,233 | 27 |
| Centrum/Tingsholm N | 1,692 | 1,409 | 47.9 | 51.2 | 79 | 78 | 22 | 21,756 | 34 |
| Fridhem/Paradiset/C-S | 2,028 | 1,641 | 44.7 | 54.3 | 83 | 85 | 15 | 26,372 | 38 |
| Gunnarshill | 1,648 | 1,201 | 50.4 | 48.3 | 85 | 76 | 24 | 26,758 | 36 |
| Gällstad/Rånnaväg | 2,113 | 1,611 | 46.1 | 52.8 | 84 | 83 | 17 | 24,464 | 27 |
| Hökerum/Nitta | 2,451 | 1,838 | 40.4 | 58.2 | 87 | 88 | 12 | 26,465 | 32 |
| Hössna/Liared | 1,479 | 1,098 | 35.7 | 63.0 | 85 | 89 | 11 | 25,736 | 30 |
| Marbäck/Fredriksberg | 2,385 | 1,760 | 48.5 | 50.3 | 87 | 85 | 15 | 28,334 | 42 |
| Markuslyckan/Karlslätt | 1,525 | 1,094 | 48.9 | 49.1 | 82 | 71 | 29 | 25,533 | 34 |
| Skarpås/Furet | 1,695 | 1,279 | 46.2 | 52.8 | 85 | 80 | 20 | 26,847 | 35 |
| Timmele/Älmestad | 2,024 | 1,599 | 37.8 | 61.4 | 86 | 90 | 10 | 25,893 | 28 |
| Tvärred/Vegby | 2,059 | 1,514 | 45.7 | 53.2 | 83 | 82 | 18 | 25,968 | 32 |
| Villastaden/Bronäs | 1,683 | 1,357 | 44.3 | 54.7 | 83 | 82 | 18 | 24,739 | 33 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
