Vara Municipality
Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
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Vara Municipality (Swedish: Vara kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vara.
Vara Municipality
Vara kommun | |
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Vara Railway Station | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 58°16′N 12°57′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Seat | Vara |
| Area | |
• Total | 700.604375 km2 (270.504861 sq mi) |
| • Land | 696.914375 km2 (269.080145 sq mi) |
| • Water | 3.69 km2 (1.42 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 16,037 |
| • Density | 23.011/km2 (59.599/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Västergötland |
| Municipal code | 1470 |
| Website | www.vara.se |
The present municipality consists of 25 original local government entities (as of 1863). Between 1974 and 1982 the territory of present Essunga Municipality was also included.
Districts
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Vara 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 16,140 residents, including 12,219 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 38.2% voted for the left coalition and 61.0% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Arentorp | 1,697 | 1,301 | 38.5 | 60.2 | 83 | 92 | 8 | 25,551 | 28 |
| Kvänum | 2,311 | 1,618 | 36.3 | 63.0 | 75 | 81 | 19 | 22,541 | 23 |
| Larv | 1,360 | 1,045 | 32.7 | 65.9 | 84 | 89 | 11 | 25,014 | 29 |
| Levene | 1,742 | 1,368 | 38.7 | 61.0 | 83 | 89 | 11 | 24,336 | 31 |
| Skarstad | 1,775 | 1,341 | 32.9 | 66.3 | 82 | 87 | 13 | 24,772 | 25 |
| Vara C | 1,451 | 1,160 | 39.4 | 59.6 | 77 | 80 | 20 | 21,099 | 23 |
| Vara V | 1,724 | 1,371 | 40.0 | 59.3 | 86 | 93 | 7 | 27,457 | 36 |
| Vara Ö | 1,973 | 1,440 | 44.6 | 54.8 | 74 | 77 | 23 | 23,520 | 28 |
| Vedum | 2,107 | 1,575 | 40.1 | 59.2 | 79 | 86 | 14 | 24,560 | 22 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
