Färgelanda Municipality

Färgelanda Municipality

*Färgelanda kommun*
Färgelanda Municipality Färgelanda kommun
Municipality
Municipal code	1439
Website	www.fargelanda.se
	Density is calculated using land area only.

Färgelanda Municipality (Färgelanda kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is in the town of Färgelanda.

The present municipality was formed in 1974 when "old" Färgelanda Municipality (which in 1967 had absorbed Ödeborg) was amalgamated with Högsäter.

Its

seal depicting a harrow, symbolizing agriculture

.

Localities

Färgelanda 2,000 (seat)
Högsäter 750
Ödeborg 700
Stigen 350

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Färgelanda Municipality's electoral districts in the

SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 6,577 residents, including 5,021 Swedish citizens of voting age in the municipality.[3] 38.3% voted for the left coalition and 60.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

%

Färgelanda landsbygd

1,741

1,288

41.4

57.4

76

83

17

23,107

22

Färgelanda tätort

1,391

1,079

45.8

53.2

72

84

16

22,074

21

Högsäter

2,094

1,583

30.2

68.4

80

87

13

22,931

26

Ödeborg-Torp

1,351

1,071

40.2

59.1

85

89

11

25,414

26

Source: SVT^[3]

Tourism

The scarcely populated municipalities in the historical province of

pikeperch fishing. The nature reserve in Kroppefjäll offers walking lines and a mountainous nature. There is canoeing

and swimming in the many lakes and streams.

Färgelanda also has an old and well-preserved ancient history.

Rock carvings in Ödeborg are located by Brötegården Museum; furthermore there are some 140 grave fields from the Iron Age scattered in the municipality. Something in between a museum and a folk museum

is Ödeborg's Fornsal, with more than 6,000 objects gathered from Dalsland in the last millennia.

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.
^
SVT
. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

External links

Media related to Färgelanda Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
Färgelanda Municipality - Official site
Dalsland - Official page for Dalsland municipalities
Ödeborg's fornsal - In Swedish, English and German

[SCB_2014-01-01-1] "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.

[SCB_2023-12-31-2] "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.

[FärgelandaVal2022-3] 
SVT
. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

[3]

v t e Municipalities and seats of Västra Götaland County
Municipalities	Ale Alingsås Åmål Bengtsfors Bollebygd Borås Dals-Ed Essunga Falköping Färgelanda Götene Gothenburg Grästorp Gullspång Härryda Herrljunga Hjo Karlsborg Kungälv Lerum Lidköping Lilla Edet Lysekil Mariestad Mark Mellerud Mölndal Munkedal Öckerö Orust Partille Skara Skövde Sotenäs Stenungsund Strömstad Svenljunga Tanum Tibro Tidaholm Tjörn Töreboda Tranemo Trollhättan Uddevalla Ulricehamn Vänersborg Vara Vårgårda
Municipal seats	Alingsås Åmål Bengtsfors Bollebygd Borås Ed Falköping Färgelanda Götene Gothenburg Grästorp Gullspång and Hova Henån Herrljunga Hjo Karlsborg Kinna Kungälv Kungshamn Lerum Lidköping Lilla Edet Lysekil Mariestad Mellerud Mölndal Mölnlycke Munkedal Nödinge-Nol Nossebro Öckerö Partille Skara Skärhamn Skövde Stenungsund Strömstad Svenljunga Tanumshede Tibro Tidaholm Töreboda Tranemo Trollhättan Uddevalla Ulricehamn Vänersborg Vara Vårgårda
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