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Vara Municipality

Coordinates: 58°16′N 12°57′E / 58.267°N 12.950°E / 58.267; 12.950
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Vara Municipality
Vara kommun
Vara Railway Station
Vara Railway Station
Coat of arms of Vara Municipality
Coordinates: 58°16′N 12°57′E / 58.267°N 12.950°E / 58.267; 12.950
CountrySweden
CountyVästra Götaland County
SeatVara
Area
 • Total
700.604375 km2 (270.504861 sq mi)
 • Land696.914375 km2 (269.080145 sq mi)
 • Water3.69 km2 (1.42 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total
16,066
 • Density23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVästergötland
Municipal code1470
Websitewww.vara.se

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

The present municipality consists of 25 original local government entities (as of 1863). Between 1974 and 1982 the territory of present Essunga Municipality was also included.

Districts

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Demographics

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This is a demographic table based on Vara 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 16,140 residents, including 12,219 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 38.2% voted for the left coalition and 61.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

References

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  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.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Vara i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
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