Vänersborg Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Vänersborg.
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.
In total there were 39,574 residents, including 30,181 Swedish citizens of voting age. 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 % % Blåsut 1,379 1,092 50.2 49.2 88 92 8 30,490 58Brinketorp/Restad 1,346 994 50.8 48.3 80 82 18 28,514 50Brålanda/Sundals Ryr 2,255 1,721 34.0 64.8 79 85 15 23,291 27Centrala Vargön/V Tunhem 1,850 1,424 47.2 51.4 76 81 19 22,764 36Centrala Vänersborg 2,018 1,658 52.5 46.0 73 77 23 21,327 40Centrala Vänersborg N 1,891 1,659 53.7 45.7 78 90 10 23,875 48Centrala Vänersborg S 2,050 1,672 51.4 46.3 71 69 31 20,573 40Flanaden 1,920 991 66.5 30.0 50 21 79 14,095 19Frändefors S/Vänerkusten 1,701 1,315 39.6 59.7 88 93 7 30,999 50Frändefors V 1,274 999 33.9 65.4 85 96 4 26,563 28Frändefors Ö/Vänerkusten 2,148 1,676 34.7 63.7 83 90 10 25,171 26Hedmanstorget/Mariero Ö 2,071 1,483 59.0 39.0 66 60 40 19,942 35Lyckhem S/Tenggrenstorp 1,483 1,145 53.1 44.8 72 66 34 22,398 34Lyckhem V/Centrum V 1,897 1,598 49.7 49.1 78 85 15 25,338 46Mariedal/Fridhem 2,004 1,485 48.6 50.1 80 77 23 26,556 42Onsjö N 1,704 1,476 47.5 51.9 88 89 11 29,687 49Onsjö S 1,394 993 47.9 51.6 82 87 13 29,994 49Siviken/Väne Ryr 1,404 1,095 38.0 61.2 87 93 7 28,386 33Torpa 1,491 1,006 59.2 39.5 60 45 55 18,389 26Vargön NÖ 1,524 1,142 46.9 51.7 82 90 10 26,829 37Vargön N/Nordkroken 1,946 1,441 47.4 52.0 87 91 9 29,764 46Vänernäs/Lilleskog 1,465 1,125 44.7 54.6 84 91 9 27,628 41Öxnered/Vassända 1,359 991 51.2 48.5 87 92 8 31,615 55Source: SVT
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities The following cities are twinned with Vänersborg: Arsuk, Sermersooq, Greenland Åland, Finland Eiði, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands Herning, Midtjylland, Denmark Lich, Hesse, Germany Husby, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Kangasala, Western Finland, Finland Siglufjörður, Eyjafjörður, Iceland Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway Räpina, Põlva County, Estonia
References Article on Swedish Wikipedia Article Vänersborg - From Nordisk familjebok
External links
Vänersborg Municipality - Official site The local newspaper (TTELA)