Hjo Municipality

Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Hjo Municipality Hjo kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 58°18′N 14°17′E / 58.300°N 14.283°E / 58.300; 14.283
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Hjo
Area ^[1]
• Total	584.47 km² (225.67 sq mi)
• Land	297.04 km² (114.69 sq mi)
• Water	287.43 km² (110.98 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	9,258
• Density	16/km² (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland
Municipal code	1497
Website	www.hjo.se

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

The municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Hjo was amalgamated with a part of the rural municipality Värsås. In 1974 parts of Fröjered and Fågelås were added.

Geography

Geographically it is situated by the western shore of Lake Vättern. The large and fish-rich waters have been the main influence on the industry. The largest rivulet intersecting the municipality from Vättern is the Hjo River. Parts of it have been made a nature reserve. Partly this is due to the salmon (Salmo trutta) and the grayling (Thymallus thymallus) that occur natural in the rivulet, but have had hard times due to dams.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Hjo 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 9,227 residents, including 7,214 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 44.6% voted for the left coalition and 54.2% 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

Hjo M

1,717

1,305

50.9

48.0

22,491

Hjo N

1,767

1,480

46.7

52.3

21,812

Hjo S

2,104

1,615

45.7

53.7

26,975

Hjo V

1,879

1,463

42.8

56.1

25,980

Korsberga

899

691

40.4

57.0

26,079

N/S Fågelås

861

660

34.6

63.3

24,453

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 Hjo i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.