Tibro Municipality

Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Tibro Municipality Tibro kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 58°25′N 14°10′E / 58.417°N 14.167°E / 58.417; 14.167
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Tibro
Area ^[1]
• Total	236.84 km² (91.44 sq mi)
• Land	221.47 km² (85.51 sq mi)
• Water	15.37 km² (5.93 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	11,332
• Density	48/km² (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland
Municipal code	1472
Website	www.tibro.se

Tibro Municipality (Tibro kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Tibro. Fagersanna is the only other population center in the municipality.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Tibro 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 11,272 residents, including 8,641 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 44.0% voted for the left coalition and 54.7% 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

Fagersanna, Ransberg

1,676

1,382

42.3

56.8

27,842

Häggetorp, Katrineberg

1,830

1,340

47.5

50.7

22,841

Hörnebo, Kvarnhagen

1,932

1,452

39.6

58.9

27,163

Skattegården

1,847

1,355

46.3

52.9

18,694

Smuleberg

1,745

1,328

41.3

56.9

22,259

Södra Centrum

2,242

1,784

46.6

52.6

23,301

Source: SVT^[3]

Sports

The sports club Tibro AIK FK is located in Tibro Municipality.

The famous tennis player Robin Söderling and ice hockey player Anton Strålman come from Tibro.

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 Tibro i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024.