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Mölndal Municipality

Mölndals kommun
Mölndal City Hall
Mölndal City Hall
Coat of arms of Mölndal Municipality
Coat of arms
Mölndal Municipality in Västra Götaland County.png
Country Sweden
County Västra Götaland County
Seat Mölndal
Area
 • Total 153.22 km2 (59.16 sq mi)
 • Land 146.81 km2 (56.68 sq mi)
 • Water 6.41 km2 (2.47 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (December 31, 2019)[1]
 • Total 69,364
 • Density 452.709/km2 (1,172.51/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Västergötland and Halland
Municipal code 1481
Website www.molndal.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Mölndal Municipality (Mölndals kommun or Mölndals stad) is a municipality in Västra Götaland in western Sweden, just south of Gothenburg. Its seat is located in Mölndal, which lies within the Gothenburg urban area, and the whole municipality is part of Metropolitan Gothenburg.

In 1911 a municipalsamhälle (a kind of borough within a rural municipality, handling matters of urban character) named Mölndal was instituted in the municipality of Fässberg. In 1922 Fässberg was made the City of Mölndal. In 1971 it was amalgamated with Kållered and Lindome (the latter transferred from Halland County). At the same time it became a municipality of unitary type, like all others in the country. The municipality prefers, however, to style itself Mölndals stad (City of Mölndal) as a semi-official name whenever legally possible. This usage has no effect on the status of the municipality.

Localities

The municipality has four main parts: Mölndal, Kållered, Lindome and Hällesåker.

  • Mölndal has 37,131 inhabitants (a part of the contiguous Gothenburg urban area)
  • Kållered has 7,257 inhabitants
  • Lindome has 13,364 inhabitants
  • Hällesåker has 900 inhabitants

Numbers from 2003.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Mölndal 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 69,838 residents, including 51,607 Swedish citizens of voting age. 48.5% voted for the left coalition and 50.1% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Sights of interest

  • Gunnebo House from the 18th century.
  • Fässberg Church from the 19th century

Notable residents

Sister cities

As of September 2023, Mölndal has no twin cities.

See also

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