Mariestad Municipality

Mariestad Municipality

*Mariestads kommun*
Mariestad Municipality Mariestads kommun
Municipality
	Mariestad Railway Station
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 58°42′N 13°49′E / 58.700°N 13.817°E
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Mariestad
Area
• Total	1,503.1914 km2 (580.3854 sq mi)
• Land	601.1514 km2 (232.1059 sq mi)
• Water	902.04 km2 (348.28 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)
• Total	24,647
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland
Municipal code	1493
Website	www.mariestad.se

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

The present municipality was formed in 1971, when the City of Mariestad was amalgamated with four surrounding rural municipalities.

Geography

Forest in sunlight near Lake Vänern in the Mariestads kommun

Mariestad Municipality is situated on Lake Vänern and is visited by many tourists in summer. The largest fresh water archipelago in Sweden lies within the municipality. Torsö and Brommö are the two largest islands. North of the city, in Sjötorp, Göta Canal meets Lake Vänern.

Localities

Population centers in the municipality include:

Industry

The largest employers are Electrolux home products and Katrinefors bruk, a part of Metsä Tissue AB. SCA Packaging AB, RM Perfo AB and Jede AB are other notable companies in Mariestad. Within the IT industry Telia Partner AB and WM-data Infra Solutions AB are the two biggest employers. Just south of Mariestad, in Lugnås, you find Nimbus Produktion AB who manufactures Nimbus boats.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Mariestad 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 24,698 residents, including 19,407 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 47.4% voted for the left coalition and 51.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

%

Bråten-V Skogen

1,770

1,314

54.9

44.1

76

66

34

22,509

33

Grangärdet

1,481

1,095

51.8

47.3

83

86

14

25,116

30

Hassle-Torsö

1,868

1,498

41.7

57.2

86

91

9

25,826

33

Högelid

1,935

1,494

49.6

90

91

9

28,812

43

Ladukärr

1,600

1,319

52.2

47.0

81

89

11

24,117

39

Leksberg

1,576

1,160

46.5

52.8

89

86

14

28,621

41

Leverstad

1,218

949

51.8

46.4

77

72

28

22,856

28

Lockerud-Ekudden

1,482

1,107

48.7

50.8

76

79

21

24,680

42

Lugnås

1,539

1,199

38.3

59.3

86

90

10

26,123

29

Lyrestad-Sjötorp

1,537

1,217

39.2

59.9

78

90

10

23,286

25

Madlyckan

1,580

1,284

48.8

50.1

80

86

14

24,713

35

Marieholm

1,601

1,265

56.2

42.6

74

73

27

21,259

31

Näset

1,270

1,145

44.0

55.4

78

85

15

24,009

38

Tidavad

1,207

926

40.7

57.8

86

95

5

27,200

35

Trädgården

1,741

1,458

50.7

48.1

75

86

14

21,421

37

Ullervad

1,293

977

44.0

55.3

89

94

6

27,473

36

Source: SVT^[3]

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Mariestad Municipality is twinned with:

Pakruojis, Lithuania

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

Corresponding article on Swedish Wikipedia

External links

Media related to Mariestad Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
Mariestad Municipality - Official site

[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.

[MariestadVal2022-3] "Valresultat 2022 för Mariestad i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

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