Mellerud Municipality

Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Mellerud Municipality Melleruds kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 58°42′N 12°28′E / 58.700°N 12.467°E / 58.700; 12.467
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Mellerud
Area ^[1]
• Total	944.46 km² (364.66 sq mi)
• Land	516.8 km² (199.5 sq mi)
• Water	427.66 km² (165.12 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	9,165
• Density	9.7/km² (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Dalsland
Municipal code	1461
Website	www.mellerud.se

Mellerud Municipality (Melleruds kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County by Lake Vänern in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Mellerud.

The amalgamation leading to the present municipality took place in 1969 when "old" Mellerud (instituted as a market town (köping) in 1908) was merged with Bolstad, Kroppefjäll and Skållerud. Before the municipal reform of 1952 there were ten entities in the area.

Localities

Population figures from Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005.

Mellerud, 3,796
Dals Rostock, 885
Åsensbruk, 530
Bränna, 228
Dalskog, 151
Håverud, 150
Köpmannebro, 76
Erikstad, 58

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Mellerud 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 9,235 residents, including 6,919 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 39.5% voted for the left coalition and 58.7% 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

Bolstad

1,204

935

36.4

63.0

25,250

Fagerlid/Järn

2,190

1,708

38.2

60.1

24,064

Mellerud/Holm

2,672

1,817

42.0

55.5

19,674

Rostock/Dalskog/Ör

1,971

1,545

37.3

61.0

23,099

Skållerud

1,198

914

43.1

55.1

21,677

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 Mellerud i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2023.