Vara Municipality

Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Vara Municipality Vara kommun
Municipality
Vara Railway Station
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 58°16′N 12°57′E / 58.267°N 12.950°E / 58.267; 12.950
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Vara
Area ^[1]
• Total	700.604375 km² (270.504861 sq mi)
• Land	696.914375 km² (269.080145 sq mi)
• Water	3.69 km² (1.42 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	16,066
• Density	23/km² (59/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland
Municipal code	1470
Website	www.vara.se

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

The present municipality consists of 25 original local government entities (as of 1863). Between 1974 and 1982 the territory of present Essunga Municipality was also included.

Districts

Bitterna
Edsvära
Eling
Fyrunga
Hällum
Jung
Kvänum
Larv
Laske-Vedum
Levene
Long
Längjum
Naum
Norra Vånga
Ryda
Skarstad
Slädene
Sparlösa
Södra Kedum
Södra Lundby
Tråvad
Vara
Önum
Öttum

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Vara 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 16,140 residents, including 12,219 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 38.2% voted for the left coalition and 61.0% 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

Arentorp

1,697

1,301

38.5

60.2

25,551

Kvänum

2,311

1,618

36.3

63.0

22,541

Larv

1,360

1,045

32.7

65.9

25,014

Levene

1,742

1,368

38.7

61.0

24,336

Skarstad

1,775

1,341

32.9

66.3

24,772

Vara C

1,451

1,160

39.4

59.6

21,099

Vara V

1,724

1,371

40.0

59.3

27,457

Vara Ö

1,973

1,440

44.6

54.8

23,520

Vedum

2,107

1,575

40.1

59.2

24,560

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