Kungälv Municipality

Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Kungälv Municipality Kungälvs kommun
Municipality
Kungälv City Hall
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 57°52′N 11°58′E / 57.867°N 11.967°E / 57.867; 11.967
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Kungälv
Area ^[1]
• Total	682.43 km² (263.49 sq mi)
• Land	362.59 km² (140.00 sq mi)
• Water	319.84 km² (123.49 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	49,785
• Density	73/km² (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Bohuslän
Municipal code	1482
Website	www.kungalv.se

Kungälv Municipality (Kungälvs kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Kungälv. It is the 50th largest municipality in Sweden by population size.

The present municipality was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Kungälv, the City of Marstrand and territories belonging to four rural municipalities. In 1974 a minor part (situated on the island of Hisingen) was transferred to Gothenburg Municipality.

Geography

Geographically it borders to Gothenburg Municipality (south), Ale Municipality (east), Lilla Edet Municipality (north-east) and Stenungsund Municipality (north). To the east flows the river Göta älv and to the south, marking the border to Gothenburg, flows the river Nordre älv. On an island in the river, the medieval Bohus Fortress faces the city of Kungälv.

Localities

Marstrand, which was historically a largely autonomous island territory as the Marstrand Free Port. It's the location of the stone fortress Carlsten.
Diseröd
Kareby
Kode
Kungälv
Kärna
Solberga, where the oldest parts of the church dates back to the 12th century
Årsnäs

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Kungälv 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 48,219 residents, including 36,298 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 43.6 % voted for the left coalition and 54.9 % 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

Aröd-Skålldal

1,424

1,132

35.3

63.0

29,533

Centrum

1,380

1,218

48.5

50.7

24,728

Diseröd-Dösebacka

1,904

1,341

43.3

54.4

29,608

Fontin-Gamla Staden

1,532

1,215

45.1

53.6

29,004

Fridhem-Tveten

1,894

1,428

52.7

46.4

27,749

Harestad

1,117

827

42.2

57.1

30,121

Hålta-Lökeberg

1,309

1,016

39.8

59.2

31,111

Kareby-Ullstorp

1,970

1,356

39.1

59.9

34,842

Kode

1,590

1,095

40.9

58.3

30,793

Komarken N-G:a Grinden

1,902

1,440

55.8

42.2

24,391

Komarken S-Grinden

1,595

1,265

47.1

51.0

31,809

Komarken V

1,621

1,200

53.8

43.1

22,773

Komarken Ö

1,072

900

52.0

44.9

22,723

Kovikshamn-Glose

1,836

1,476

43.4

55.4

29,808

Kärna-Staby

2,038

1,450

40.7

57.7

30,321

Lundby-Skårby-Arnebo

1,552

1,154

39.4

59.4

31,261

Marstrand

1,408

1,272

32.7

66.2

29,967

Munkegärde

1,863

1,394

46.7

52.6

30,022

Rollsbo-Bredsten

1,239

969

44.6

53.3

32,664

Sadelmakaren-Reparatören

1,193

1,035

52.4

46.0

22,095

Skälebräcke-Kongahälla

2,557

2,113

43.6

55.0

29,309

Solberg-Duvesjön

1,677

1,233

38.0

60.5

30,302

Solberga-Rörtången

1,676

1,277

40.8

58.5

32,126

Sparrås-Tornhaga

1,880

1,334

47.3

51.2

28,865

Tega-Vena-Ulvesund

2,781

2,108

40.1

58.2

33,640

Tjuvkil-Instön-Tofta

2,073

1,656

38.2

60.8

33,787

Ulvegärde-Solbräcke

2,112

1,446

42.0

56.1

30,291

Ytterby C-Kastellegården

2,024

1,578

47.1

50.7

25,940

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 Kungälv i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2024.