Skara Municipality

Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Skara Municipality Skara kommun
Municipality
Skara Town Hall
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 58°23′N 13°26′E / 58.383°N 13.433°E / 58.383; 13.433
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Skara
Area ^[1]
• Total	448.69 km² (173.24 sq mi)
• Land	428.65 km² (165.50 sq mi)
• Water	20.04 km² (7.74 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	18,654
• Density	42/km² (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland
Municipal code	1495
Website	www.skara.se

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

The area of the municipality consists of 16 original local government entities. The municipal reform of 1952 grouped them into four new entities. In 1971 the City of Skara was amalgamated with the rural municipalities to form the present unit.

Localities

Ardala, pop. 745
Axvall, pop 1 164
Eggby, pop. 237
Skara (seat), pop. 11 437
Varnhem, pop. 662

Varnhem is renowned for its medieval monastery.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Skara 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 18,708 residents, including 14,210 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 46.4% voted for the left coalition and 52.4% 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

Ardala

1,724

1,334

35.9

62.7

26,494

Axvall

1,794

1,351

42.0

56.5

25,432

Centrum

1,725

1,306

51.2

47.3

18,978

Gällkvist V-Härlunda

1,883

1,435

45.7

53.3

25,619

Gällkvist Ö

1,527

1,207

43.2

55.9

27,279

Hindsbo-Händene

1,670

1,237

43.8

55.7

26,082

Marieberg

2,197

1,593

51.4

47.2

21,976

Skaraberg-Tveta

1,999

1,557

47.3

51.8

27,649

Varnhem-Eggby

2,045

1,625

49.4

49.1

28,115

Västermalm

2,144

1,565

51.1

47.9

21,806

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 Skara i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2024.