Mölndal Municipality
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| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Province | Västergötland and Halland |
| Seat | Mölndal |
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| Population • Total |
35th of 290 60,004 inhabitants |
| Area • Total area • Land area • Water area |
265th of 290 153.22 km² 146.81 km² |
| Density • Total |
18th of 290 401.5 inhabitants/km² |
| Municipal code | {{{code}}} |
| Website | www.molndal.se |
| Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006 | |
Mölndal Municipality (Mölndals kommun or Mölndals stad) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County 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.
[edit] Population figures
The municipality has four main parts: Mölndal, Kållered, Lindome and Hällesåker.
- Mölndal has 37,131 inhabitants (a part of the contigous Gothenburg urban area)
- Kållered has 7,257 inhabitants (Västergötland)
- Lindome has 13,364 inhabitants (Halland)
- Hällesåker has 900 inhabitants (Halland)
Numbers from 2003.
[edit] Affiliations
Mölndal Municipality is twinned with the following towns:
Albertslund, Denmark
Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Canterbury, England, United Kingdom- Whitstable, England, United Kingdom
[edit] External links
- Mölndal Municipality - Official site
- (Swedish) Article Mölndal - From Nordisk Familjebok
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