Mölndal Municipality

Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Mölndal Municipality
Mölndals kommun
Municipality
Mölndal City Hall
Mölndal City Hall
Coat of arms of Mölndal Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 57°42′N 11°58′E / 57.700°N 11.967°E / 57.700; 11.967
CountrySweden
CountyVästra Götaland County
SeatMölndal
Area
 • Total152.28 km2 (58.80 sq mi)
 • Land145.84 km2 (56.31 sq mi)
 • Water6.44 km2 (2.49 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (December 31, 2019)[1]
 • Total69,364
 • Density460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVästergötland and Halland
Municipal code1481
Websitewww.molndal.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Mölndal Municipality (Mölndals kommun or Mölndals stad) is a municipality in Västra Götaland in western Sweden, just south of Gothenburg. Its seat is located in Mölndal, which lies within the Gothenburg urban area, and the whole municipality is part of Metropolitan Gothenburg.

In 1911 a municipalsamhälle (a kind of borough within a rural municipality, handling matters of urban character) named Mölndal was instituted in the municipality of Fässberg. In 1922 Fässberg was made the City of Mölndal. In 1971 it was amalgamated with Kållered and Lindome (the latter transferred from Halland County). At the same time it became a municipality of unitary type, like all others in the country. The municipality prefers, however, to style itself Mölndals stad (City of Mölndal) as a semi-official name whenever legally possible. This usage has no effect on the status of the municipality.

Localities

The municipality has four main parts: Mölndal, Kållered, Lindome and Hällesåker.

  • Mölndal has 37,131 inhabitants (a part of the contiguous Gothenburg urban area)
  • Kållered has 7,257 inhabitants
  • Lindome has 13,364 inhabitants
  • Hällesåker has 900 inhabitants

Numbers from 2003.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Mölndal Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[2]

In total there were 69,838 residents, including 51,607 Swedish citizens of voting age.[2] 48.5% voted for the left coalition and 50.1% 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
% %
Almås 1,675 1,222 50.5 48.2 79 74 26 27,269 45
Balltorp V 2,112 1,477 40.3 57.7 83 72 28 31,212 45
Balltorp Ö 1,375 925 49.7 47.9 76 61 39 26,244 44
Bosgården N 1,318 1,003 47.4 50.7 84 67 33 28,782 62
Bosgården S 1,419 1,158 54.1 44.0 78 74 26 25,946 55
Brattås N 1,829 1,362 47.3 50.2 76 59 41 24,639 39
Brattås S 1,861 1,343 53.4 45.5 87 75 25 30,345 57
Broslätt V 1,333 1,027 50.0 48.6 75 73 27 25,519 52
Broslätt Ö 1,694 1,418 52.8 45.1 84 65 35 27,486 55
Ekhaga 1,229 919 48.6 49.7 79 70 30 29,434 63
Eklanda V 1,796 1,147 45.4 54.4 85 79 21 35,017 63
Eklanda Ö 1,895 1,140 51.7 47.7 91 83 17 41,497 77
Fässberg V 1,344 1,052 55.4 42.9 83 72 28 27,074 55
Fässberg Ö 1,348 1,037 52.0 46.8 79 72 28 27,513 56
Glasberget N 1,413 1,070 57.6 40.8 86 90 10 33,334 64
Glasberget S 1,439 1,054 53.5 45.8 83 83 17 29,662 55
Hallen N 1,306 964 44.1 54.7 87 77 23 31,107 59
Hallen S 1,494 1,029 43.3 55.1 84 77 23 30,306 51
Hällesåker 1,875 1,409 35.7 63.1 87 87 13 30,074 35
Krokslätt N 1,160 935 49.5 48.8 81 68 32 30,527 63
Krokslätt S 1,477 1,142 52.7 45.9 86 68 32 29,764 60
Kvarnbyn N 1,314 967 51.8 47.0 78 72 28 27,358 57
Kvarnbyn S 1,722 1,333 47.7 51.3 87 74 26 33,085 63
Lackarebäck N 1,586 1,169 46.1 53.5 85 83 17 38,467 77
Lackarebäck S 1,737 1,306 50.5 48.7 88 87 13 37,074 73
Rävekärr N 1,677 1,192 50.6 48.7 80 75 25 32,515 61
Rävekärr S 1,641 1,168 49.9 49.0 79 69 31 27,291 48
Sinntorp N 1,672 1,283 43.1 56.0 87 86 14 30,349 49
Sinntorp V 1,292 957 47.5 51.0 86 81 19 29,888 50
Sinntorp Ö 1,651 1,248 44.2 55.1 85 86 14 30,274 46
Skånhälla Bräcka 1,363 1,064 43.8 55.1 86 83 17 32,349 58
Skånhälla Fågelsten 1,531 1,008 43.6 55.1 87 85 15 31,933 55
Skånhälla V 1,514 1,095 38.4 59.8 88 86 14 33,080 52
Stadshuset N 1,314 1,156 47.5 50.9 85 74 26 30,573 60
Stadshuset S 1,416 1,053 53.3 46.4 79 65 35 26,012 58
Stallbacken V 1,293 937 42.1 56.9 87 71 29 33,282 61
Stallbacken Ö 1,176 867 42.9 55.8 87 67 33 31,744 57
Stretered 1,922 1,320 47.1 52.5 88 80 20 34,287 58
Sörgården V 1,479 1,233 51.5 46.8 77 77 23 30,032 74
Sörgården Ö 1,388 976 51.3 47.7 82 79 21 35,816 74
Toltorp N 1,533 1,068 46.4 52.4 83 78 22 37,942 79
Toltorp S 1,453 881 52.1 46.7 83 77 23 32,592 76
Valås 1,487 1,109 48.3 50.6 89 83 17 31,134 59
Västerberg 1,569 1,414 56.4 40.6 76 58 42 24,492 52
Åby V 1,419 1,085 51.3 47.2 80 59 41 26,294 47
Åby Ö 1,300 885 53.8 42.6 82 65 35 27,086 45
Source: SVT[2]

Sights of interest

  • Gunnebo House from the 18th century.
  • Fässberg Church from the 19th century

Notable residents

Sister cities

As of November 2021, Mölndal has no twin cities.[3]

See also

References

  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.
  2. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Mölndal i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Internationellt arbete - Mölndal". www.molndal.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-11-01.

External links

  • Media related to Mölndal Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
  • Mölndal Municipality – Official site
  • (in Swedish) Article Mölndal – From Nordisk Familjebok
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