Varberg Municipality

Varberg Municipality

*Varbergs kommun*
Varberg Municipality Varbergs kommun
Municipality
Municipal code	1383
Website	www.varberg.se

Varberg Municipality (Varbergs kommun) is a municipality in Halland County, in southwest Sweden. Its seat is in Varberg.

It was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Varberg and the surrounding rural municipalities. There are 25 original local government entities included in the municipality.

5,000 people are commuting out from the municipality, mainly to Gothenburg and Falkenberg. 3,200 people are commuting into Falkenberg.

Localities

There are 16 urban areas (also called a tätort or locality) in Varberg Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Varberg	26,041
2	Tvååker	2,390
3	Veddige	2,192
4	Träslövsläge	1,985
5	Bua	1,792
6	Trönninge	847
7	Skällinge	603
8	Södra Näs	600
9	Väröbacka	521
10	Rolfstorp	502
11	Tångaberg	445
12	Åsby	429
13	Kungsäter	360
14	Tofta	350
15	Himle	259
16	Löftaskog	226

Demographics

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

SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 66,604 inhabitants, including 51,969 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 47.3% voted for the left coalition and 51.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

%

Apelviken-Nygård

1,395

1,234

45.0

54.7

86

92

8

30,266

54

Barnabro-Lugnet-Getterön

1,481

1,154

56.4

42.4

85

80

20

28,043

48

Bläshammar-Trönningenäs

1,982

1,358

46.2

53.0

89

88

12

31,881

51

Breared

2,326

1,793

51.7

47.5

88

82

18

28,775

50

Brunnsberg-Norrdal

1,809

1,515

50.6

47.6

80

69

31

24,597

39

Bua

2,187

1,697

39.1

59.9

85

89

11

26,393

38

Derome-Sällstorp

1,424

1,062

38.6

60.3

88

90

10

27,700

30

Gamleby

1,741

1,670

45.0

54.0

87

85

15

26,782

45

Grimeton-Gödestad

1,868

1,356

40.1

58.6

88

92

8

27,800

35

Håsten

2,136

1,517

55.8

42.2

71

61

39

21,117

24

Hästhaga-Rosenfred

1,660

1,439

51.0

48.2

84

91

9

28,973

49

Karl Gustav-Grimmared

665

526

37.7

61.1

82

92

8

22,932

27

Karlberg

1,717

1,329

55.2

44.3

89

88

12

29,582

53

Kungsäter-Gunnarsjö

833

660

41.6

57.5

84

89

11

23,427

26

Lilla Träslöv

1,604

1,209

48.5

50.2

86

83

17

29,441

51

Lindberg-Tofta-Torpa

1,277

939

40.6

58.9

89

92

8

29,282

38

Lorensberg-Tranelyckan

1,410

1,244

51.6

47.8

80

91

9

24,614

53

Mariedal

1,397

1,133

51.8

47.4

84

83

17

26,583

45

Rolfstorp

1,120

827

45.0

53.1

87

91

9

26,819

32

Sibbarp-Dagsås

883

670

49.5

80

88

12

25,230

32

Skällinge-Nösslinge

1,100

828

48.2

50.6

86

92

8

26,061

31

Spannarp

723

541

41.1

58.0

92

89

11

27,328

32

Stenåsa-Äckregården

1,710

1,450

54.0

45.1

84

16

26,977

43

Stråvalla

1,211

932

41.5

57.8

90

91

9

29,303

40

Sörse-Apelvikshöjd

1,940

1,552

60.4

38.1

76

70

30

21,254

38

Sörse-Ranelid

1,694

1,369

61.2

37.7

74

70

30

22,158

32

Trädlyckan

1,349

1,127

49.5

49.0

85

80

20

26,345

43

Träslöv N

1,591

1,159

49.7

49.8

89

93

7

31,778

47

Träslöv S

1,763

1,300

49.6

50.3

90

89

11

32,731

54

Träslövsläge NV

1,970

1,493

42.3

56.5

89

94

6

30,451

57

Träslövsläge SÖ

1,791

1,299

45.1

53.4

87

92

8

29,560

47

Tvååker V

2,209

1,611

47.3

51.2

83

17

25,432

33

Tvååker Ö

1,940

1,452

46.0

53.4

85

88

12

25,917

32

Trönninge-Göingegården

2,674

1,863

47.2

51.7

89

85

15

31,022

50

Tångaberg-Kärra-Åskloster

1,885

1,515

40.9

57.8

85

91

9

29,498

44

Valinge-Stamnared

1,094

823

40.5

58.6

88

94

6

26,535

35

Varberg Centrum N

1,723

1,503

50.5

47.8

78

82

18

24,373

42

Varberg Centrum S

1,683

1,591

46.9

52.1

82

89

11

26,274

47

Veddige V

1,958

1,496

43.9

55.3

86

14

25,505

34

Veddige Ö

1,463

987

42.1

57.1

81

78

22

23,895

26

Värö

2,218

1,746

39.3

60.0

85

88

12

25,372

32

Source: SVT^[3]

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

The municipality is

twinned with:^[4]

Uusikaupunki, Finland
Sandefjord, Norway

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 3 January 2024.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2010-05-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Varberg travel guide from Wikivoyage
Varberg Municipality - Official site
Halland County Museum at Varberg - Official site
Coat of arms
Varberg Municipality Vacancies

[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.

[VarbergVal2022-3] 
SVT
. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2024.

[4] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2010-05-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3]

[4]

v t e Municipalities and seats of Halland County
Municipalities	Falkenberg Halmstad Hylte Kungsbacka Laholm Varberg
Municipal seats	Falkenberg Halmstad Hyltebruk Kungsbacka Laholm Varberg
Counties of Sweden Sweden

Authority control databases
International	ISNI
National	Sweden
Geographic	MusicBrainz area