Västerås Municipality

Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden
Västerås Municipality
Västerås kommun
Municipality
Västerås City Hall
Västerås City Hall
Coat of arms of Västerås Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°37′N 16°32′E / 59.617°N 16.533°E / 59.617; 16.533
CountrySweden
CountyVästmanland County
SeatVästerås
Area
 • Total1,137.835976 km2 (439.320926 sq mi)
 • Land959.015976 km2 (370.278138 sq mi)
 • Water178.82 km2 (69.04 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total159,662
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVästmanland
Municipal code1980
Websitewww.vasteras.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Västerås Municipality (Västerås kommun) is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Västerås.

The municipality prefers to use the denomination Västerås stad (City of Västerås) for the whole territory, including rural areas.

The municipality evolved gradually during the municipal reforms in Sweden. Most of the amalgamations took place in 1967 and the municipality in its present form was created in 1971. There are 30 original local government units within the present municipality.

Localities

As of 2018, there were 17 localities in the municipality:[3]

Municipality Population
Västerås 127 799
Skultuna 3 342
Hökåsen 3 023
Irsta 2 833
Kvicksund 2 208
Tillberga 2 164
Barkarö 1 546
Enhagen-Ekbacken 1 091
Dingtuna 1 032
Tidö-Lindö 710
Malmen 522
Örtagården 471
Tortuna 418
Harkie 284
Munga 272
Lycksta 240
Kärsta och Bredsdal 221

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Västerås Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[4]

In total there were 156,510 residents, including 116,663 Swedish citizens of voting age.[4] 46.8% voted for the left coalition and 51.9% for the right coalition. This made Västerås the most populated municipality in which the right coalition won the vote. 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
% %
101 Centrum 1,572 1,429 45.8 53.8 75 71 29 26,218 45
102 Kyrkbacken 1,480 1,257 42.8 55.5 76 76 24 26,542 56
103 Herrgärdet 1,638 1,377 51.7 47.3 79 76 24 27,022 50
104 Kopparlunden 1,636 1,136 49.6 49.4 75 55 45 24,841 41
105 Östermalm 1,593 1,227 43.9 55.5 79 63 37 30,042 55
106 Östra Hamnen 1,694 1,476 40.5 58.8 87 76 24 36,688 65
107 Lillåudden 1,606 1,284 39.3 59.6 83 70 30 34,190 63
108 Norrmalm/Blåsbo 1,554 1,341 41.6 57.9 87 85 15 29,986 58
109 Aroslund/Iggebygärdet 1,679 1,322 45.4 53.4 80 78 22 27,061 53
110 Kristiansborg/Karlsdal 1,760 1,372 43.5 55.4 78 74 26 26,914 56
111 Annedal/Stallhagen 1,632 1,458 37.3 62.1 85 83 17 34,371 64
112 Oxbacken/Västermalm 1,617 1,407 47.2 51.9 81 76 24 25,258 54
113 Pettersberg Ö 1,221 1,025 49.4 49.4 83 75 25 26,848 49
114 Pettersberg V 3,042 1,619 64.7 29.9 54 21 79 14,560 26
115 Jakobsberg 1,801 1,452 40.9 58.4 84 83 17 32,033 66
116 Hammarby Stadshage 2,035 1,329 54.0 44.3 69 53 47 20,894 44
117 Vetterslund 1,632 1,193 54.3 43.5 77 57 43 24,027 45
201 Hammarby Ö 1,956 1,281 51.6 46.9 74 55 45 22,174 40
202 Hammarby V 1,617 1,311 57.9 38.1 66 35 65 20,134 33
203 Bäckby Ö 2,263 1,498 67.3 28.1 54 29 71 14,871 19
204 Bäckby N 2,099 1,287 67.3 28.6 57 20 80 16,691 22
205 Bäckby V 1,675 1,245 53.9 45.2 82 55 45 24,954 39
206 Bäckby C 1,483 1,106 59.0 38.8 76 44 56 23,031 31
207 Bäckby S 1,553 1,197 49.2 48.8 79 47 53 24,481 36
208 Skälby V 1,901 1,299 40.7 58.4 83 62 38 29,049 50
209 Skälby Ö 1,729 1,216 50.5 47.0 78 59 41 25,896 40
210 Stohagen/Spantgatan 1,615 1,287 52.0 46.3 76 71 29 25,615 46
211 Enhagen-Ekbacken 1,793 1,279 35.5 64.0 91 88 12 37,334 63
212 Barkarö/Tidö-Lindö 1,272 896 32.0 67.3 89 86 14 35,942 57
213 Barkarö C 1,778 1,192 39.2 59.6 91 89 11 36,249 70
214 Dingtuna-Lillhärad 1,744 1,324 39.6 59.9 88 89 11 31,863 45
215 Dingtuna C 1,011 721 37.1 62.6 89 86 14 29,292 39
216 Kvicksund/Rytterne 2,073 1,627 36.7 62.6 88 88 12 30,278 51
301 Skallberget S 1,678 1,159 57.1 39.9 60 45 55 16,808 30
302 Skallberget N 1,382 1,047 56.4 42.6 72 71 29 22,766 38
303 Nordanby 1,259 792 52.0 45.3 75 61 39 26,030 47
304 Gryta NÖ 1,950 1,460 52.2 47.4 88 82 18 30,799 59
305 Gryta NV 1,932 1,399 52.4 46.6 83 77 23 29,409 58
306 Önsta 1,737 1,251 48.2 50.9 79 67 33 30,099 53
307 Gryta SÖ 1,926 1,374 50.5 48.7 79 68 32 27,773 55
308 Gryta SV 1,919 1,348 52.6 45.9 74 67 33 25,773 44
309 Tunby-Vega 1,950 1,425 46.2 53.1 80 76 24 28,615 49
310 Rönnby S 1,980 1,472 41.3 57.6 89 87 13 33,185 67
311 Rönnby N 1,740 1,354 47.2 51.9 82 81 19 24,781 49
312 Fredriksberg 2,077 1,349 62.8 34.0 58 32 68 16,915 24
313 Råby S 1,621 1,138 61.0 36.5 67 35 65 19,000 35
314 Råby N 1,629 1,181 63.9 33.7 66 33 67 18,821 32
315 Råby Ö 1,298 946 57.5 41.2 71 45 55 20,007 31
316 Vallby S 2,195 1,331 65.4 30.0 55 19 81 14,069 27
317 Eriksborg/Hagaberg 1,819 1,324 44.9 53.8 84 59 41 29,016 54
318 Brottberga/Vallby N 1,919 1,428 35.3 63.3 82 55 45 30,410 49
319 Vallby C/Bjärby 2,255 1,379 48.7 48.0 65 38 62 18,951 33
320 Skultuna 1,813 1,254 48.4 50.8 76 76 24 24,698 36
321 Skultuna C 2,000 1,381 49.1 50.0 73 70 30 21,414 26
322 Haraker Romfartuna 2,043 1,648 38.3 60.0 86 89 11 28,076 39
401 Emaus 973 976 48.0 50.3 78 63 37 25,852 59
402 Bergslagsparken 1,324 1,071 45.5 53.8 83 75 25 27,075 46
403 Gideonsberg 1,754 1,324 53.8 45.7 73 69 31 21,882 41
404 Skälängen 1,559 1,313 52.7 46.2 79 72 28 24,541 44
405 Nordanby gärde 1,637 1,328 52.5 46.7 81 69 31 25,367 44
406 Sandgärdet 1,606 1,292 44.8 53.9 80 77 23 26,067 43
407 Haga 1,587 1,326 46.5 52.2 79 74 26 23,222 43
408 Skjutbanegatan 1,572 1,344 44.5 54.0 81 71 29 24,856 39
409 Hemdal 1,837 1,428 46.7 52.3 78 74 26 26,408 51
410 Malmaberg S 1,945 1,551 50.3 48.2 69 68 32 21,297 35
411 Malmaberg N 1,775 1,375 50.4 48.9 78 76 24 26,402 51
412 Klockartorp 1,793 1,500 45.7 53.2 79 79 21 24,068 37
413 Skiljebo S 1,699 1,289 46.5 52.6 87 81 19 31,933 58
414 Skiljebo N 1,747 1,333 50.1 47.4 68 63 37 19,881 37
415 Odensviplatsen 1,536 1,150 54.6 44.7 78 67 33 21,690 40
416 Brandthovda 1,315 984 43.2 56.2 89 83 17 33,273 59
417 Bjurhovda SV 1,552 1,042 53.6 44.2 69 52 48 21,272 28
418 Bjurhovda SO 1,610 1,136 49.2 48.2 67 64 36 21,772 30
419 Bjurhovda N 1,730 1,376 42.8 56.2 90 83 17 31,936 51
420 Hökåsen/Tillberga 1,974 1,386 31.8 67.3 88 90 10 31,356 50
421 Hökåsen C 1,852 1,315 40.8 58.5 91 86 14 31,319 48
422 Tillberga C 2,121 1,563 40.2 59.2 85 88 12 28,097 34
423 Tortuna/Sevalla 1,075 844 34.6 63.6 89 93 7 28,982 41
501 Viksäng V/Ängsgärdet 1,539 1,353 58.6 39.6 63 53 47 17,488 36
502 Viksäng/Stenhagen 1,715 1,373 50.4 47.7 79 72 28 24,536 47
503 Viksäng Ö 1,933 1,285 51.0 47.6 81 71 29 26,423 48
504 Talltorp/Lillhamra 2,030 1,282 40.2 58.8 88 80 20 35,351 67
505 Notudden 1,561 1,244 41.6 57.4 85 65 35 32,065 58
506 Mälarparken 1,270 1,029 44.8 54.6 87 77 23 31,394 54
507 Framnäs 1,371 1,185 38.7 60.5 87 86 14 34,017 70
508 Berghamra/Hamre 2,003 1,416 39.4 59.9 80 83 17 33,632 66
509 Gäddeholm 1,316 801 41.1 58.5 94 87 13 39,511 70
510 Irsta S 1,282 928 35.4 63.6 90 89 11 30,579 49
511 Irsta N 1,464 999 41.8 57.8 91 91 9 33,685 57
512 Björksta/Kungsåra 1,518 1,178 37.6 60.8 85 90 10 28,348 38
513 Öster Mälarstrand 1,518 1,241 45.0 54.3 86 67 33 32,060 58
514 Kärrbolandet 1,541 1,193 35.7 63.7 89 89 11 31,378 51
Source: SVT[4]

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Västerås is twinned with:[5]

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. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Folkmängd per tätort efter region och vart 5:e år" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  4. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Västerås i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Nätverk och vänorter" (in Swedish). Västerås Municipality. Retrieved 2019-07-28.

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