Vara Municipality

Vara Municipality

*Vara kommun*
Vara Municipality Vara kommun
Municipality
	Vara Railway Station
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 58°16′N 12°57′E / 58.267°N 12.950°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 (31 December 2023)
• Total	16,066
• Density	23/km2 (59/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

Vara Municipality (Vara kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vara.

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

%

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]

References

^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Vara i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

External links

Media related to Vara Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
Vara Municipality - Official site

[SCB_2014-01-01-1] "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

[SCB_2023-12-31-2] "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.

[VaraVal2022-3] "Valresultat 2022 för Vara i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

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