Vara Municipality
Vara Municipality
Vara kommun | |
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| Vara Railway Station Vara Railway Station | |
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Coat of arms of Vara Municipality Coat of arms | |
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| 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 |
Vara Municipality (Swedish: 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
[edit | edit source]- Bitterna
- Edsvära
- Eling
- Fyrunga
- Hällum
- Jung
- Kvänum
- Larv
- Laske-Vedum
- Levene
- Long
- Längjum
- Naum
- Norra Vånga
- Ryda
- Skarstad
- Slädene
- Sparlösa
- Södra Kedum
- Södra Lundby
- Tråvad
- Vara
- Önum
- Öttum
Demographics
[edit | edit source]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] | |||||||||
References
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External links
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- Vara Municipality - Official site
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