Bollebygd Municipality

Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Bollebygd Municipality Bollebygds kommun
Municipality
Bollebygd town hall
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 57°40′N 12°34′E / 57.667°N 12.567°E / 57.667; 12.567
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Bollebygd
Area ^[1]
• Total	282.39 km² (109.03 sq mi)
• Land	263.19 km² (101.62 sq mi)
• Water	19.2 km² (7.4 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	9,733
• Density	34/km² (89/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland
Municipal code	1443
Website	www.bollebygd.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

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

The municipal reform of 1952 united "old" Bollebygd with Töllsjö. The next reform placed Bollebygd within Borås Municipality from 1974. In 1995 Bollebygd was re-established as a municipality in the borders of 1952.

Localities

Population as of 2011-12-31:

Bollebygd 4,170
Olsfors 652
Töllsjö 347
Hultafors 293
Rural population 2,894

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Bollebygd 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 9,616 residents, including 7,202 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 40.3% voted for the left coalition and 58.5% 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

Bollebygd S

2,393

1,830

40.6

58.4

26,636

Bollebygd V

2,438

1,839

36.0

62.7

31,000

Bollebygd Ö

1,971

1,460

44.8

54.2

28,471

Olsfors

1,579

1,156

43.1

55.8

27,070

Töllsjö

1,235

917

39.2

59.5

25,960

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 Bollebygd i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2024.