Vänersborg Municipality

Vänersborg Municipality Vänersborgs kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Vänersborg Municipality Coat of arms
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Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Vänersborg
Area
• Total	898.83 km2 (347.04 sq mi)
• Land	642.7 km2 (248.1 sq mi)
• Water	256.13 km2 (98.89 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2014.
Population (March 31, 2016)
• Total	38,540
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland and Dalsland
Municipal code	1487
Website	www.vanersborg.se

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

The present municipality was created during the local government reform in the early 1970s. In 1971 the City of Vänersborg became a municipality of unitary type and three years later it was amalgamated with three surrounding municipalities. The number of original local government entities (as of 1863) is eight.

Localities

• Brålanda, 1,500 inhabitants
• Frändefors, 600
• Katrinedal, 300
• Nordkroken, 400
• Vargön, 5,000
• Vänersborg (seat), 22,000

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Vänersborg:

• Arsuk, Sermersooq, Greenland
• Åland Islands, Finland
• Eiði, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands
• Herning, Midtjylland, Denmark
• Lich, Hesse, Germany
• Husby, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
• Kangasala, Western Finland, Finland
• Siglufjörður, Eyjafjörður, Iceland
• Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway
• Räpina, Põlva County, Estonia

External links

• Vänersborg Municipality - Official site
• The local newspaper (TTELA)

References

• Article on Swedish Wikipedia
• Article Vänersborg - From Nordisk familjebok