Uddevalla Municipality

Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Uddevalla Municipality Uddevalla kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 58°21′N 11°55′E / 58.350°N 11.917°E / 58.350; 11.917
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Uddevalla
Area ^[1]
• Total	733.03 km² (283.02 sq mi)
• Land	637.69 km² (246.21 sq mi)
• Water	95.34 km² (36.81 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	57,045
• Density	78/km² (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Bohuslän
Municipal code	1485
Website	www.uddevalla.se

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

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Uddevalla (which had absorbed the rural municipality Bäve in 1945) was amalgamated with the surrounding municipalities Forshälla, Lane-Ryr, Ljungskile, Skredsvik and parts of Skaftö.

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Uddevalla 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 57,031 residents, including 43,062 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 45.7% voted for the left coalition and 52.3% for the right coalition.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Ammenäs-Sund

1,871

1,402

34.4

64.9

33,368

Berg-Simmersröd

1,620

1,217

45.5

52.7

27,348

Bleket-S Dalaberg

1,838

1,339

56.8

40.3

24,846

Bokenäs-Dragsmark

1,572

1,252

43.3

55.7

27,543

Boxhult-N Unnaröd

1,807

1,373

54.1

44.7

24,075

Dalaberg-N Hovhult

1,819

917

63.9

17.6

10,604

Dramsvik-Forshälla

1,630

1,255

38.2

61.0

30,000

Fasseröd

1,541

1,182

48.5

51.0

28,581

Hedegärde-Vännerberg

1,928

1,378

48.4

49.1

24,936

Helenedal-N Uddevalla

1,733

1,214

58.4

38.6

23,865

Hovhult

1,707

1,152

54.7

38.0

18,997

Håljuteberget

1,597

1,354

49.6

48.7

23,104

Hälle-Skafteröd

1,570

1,191

47.8

50.2

27,048

Högås-Sundsandvik

1,660

1,267

41.7

57.6

28,927

Hönseberget

1,622

1,295

46.9

50.7

21,374

Kampenhof-Strömstadsv.

1,310

1,125

47.4

50.6

23,292

Kapelle

1,887

1,484

45.5

53.2

27,938

Karlsruhe-Elseberg

1,639

1,235

47.0

50.7

24,716

Kissleberg-Smedseröd

1,776

1,290

43.0

56.6

28,903

Kurveröd

1,390

1,034

45.5

53.6

30,069

Källdal-Misteröd

2,154

1,558

37.7

61.6

32,633

Lane-Ryr

1,601

1,218

34.3

64.8

28,722

Lyckorna-Grinneröd

1,939

1,523

35.6

63.0

29,729

Ridhuset-Folkets park

1,644

1,452

49.3

49.9

22,754

Skogslyckan

1,600

1,105

51.2

44.2

17,028

Skredsvik-Hogstorp

1,709

1,285

37.9

61.0

28,700

Stenbacken-Karlsberg

1,577

1,247

41.5

57.1

24,614

Tureborg-Vadbacken

2,005

1,155

59.6

33.0

14,960

Ulvesund-Resteröd

1,682

1,279

48.1

50.1

27,697

Unneröd-Ramneröd

1,452

1,146

51.8

46.4

20,141

Utby-Lanesund

1,762

1,421

38.7

60.7

30,989

Walkesborg-Bohusgården

1,668

1,403

48.4

50.1

24,187

Äsperöd-Ängebacken

1,436

1,174

43.0

56.0

26,289

Österberget

1,285

1,140

45.7

53.0

26,342

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 Uddevalla i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2024.