Vänersborg Municipality
Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
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Vänersborg Municipality (Swedish: 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 | |
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Vänersborg Railway Station | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| 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 (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 40,077 |
| • Density | 62.36/km2 (161.5/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.[3]
In total there were 39,574 residents, including 30,181 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 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[3] | |||||||||
