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Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Vara Municipality Vara kommun
Municipality
Vara Railway StationVara Railway Station
Coat of arms of Vara MunicipalityCoat of arms
Coordinates: 58°16′N 12°57′E / 58.267°N 12.950°E / 58.267; 12.950
CountrySweden
CountyVästra Götaland County
SeatVara
Area
 • Total700.604375 km (270.504861 sq mi)
 • Land696.914375 km (269.080145 sq mi)
 • Water3.69 km (1.42 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 • Total16,066
 • Density23/km (59/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVästergötland
Municipal code1470
Websitewww.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

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.

In total there were 16,140 residents, including 12,219 Swedish citizens of voting age. 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 83 92 8 25,551 28
Kvänum 2,311 1,618 36.3 63.0 75 81 19 22,541 23
Larv 1,360 1,045 32.7 65.9 84 89 11 25,014 29
Levene 1,742 1,368 38.7 61.0 83 89 11 24,336 31
Skarstad 1,775 1,341 32.9 66.3 82 87 13 24,772 25
Vara C 1,451 1,160 39.4 59.6 77 80 20 21,099 23
Vara V 1,724 1,371 40.0 59.3 86 93 7 27,457 36
Vara Ö 1,973 1,440 44.6 54.8 74 77 23 23,520 28
Vedum 2,107 1,575 40.1 59.2 79 86 14 24,560 22
Source: SVT

References

  1. "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.
  2. "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Valresultat 2022 för Vara i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

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Places adjacent to Vara Municipality
Lidköping Skara
Grästorp
Essunga		 Vara Falköping
Herrljunga
Municipalities and seats of Västra Götaland County
Municipalities Coat of arms of Västra Götaland County
Municipal seats
Localities in Vara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
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