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Metropolitan Gothenburg (Stor-Göteborg or literally Greater Gothenburg), is a metropolitan area surrounding the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. The metropolitan region is located in Västra Götaland County, except for the municipality of Kungsbacka, which is located to the south in Halland County. As of 2005, the municipalities of Ale and Lilla Edet were added to the region. The region is often used for statistical measures, and estimates in the 1960s predicted that the region would have about one million inhabitants in the year 2000. With a current population of 904,620 individuals it is the second largest metropolitan area in Sweden after Metropolitan Stockholm.

Statistics

Municipality Population Area¹ Density² Part Divisions
Provinces (pre 1634) Counties (pre 1998) Counties (Current)
Kungälv Municipality 40,161 365 105.8 North Bohuslän Gothenburg and Bohus Västra Götaland
Stenungsund Municipality 23,561 254 90.4
Tjörn Municipality 14,943 168 89,3
Öckerö Municipality 12,252 26 469.3
Gothenburg Municipality 500,085 451 1073.4 City Västergötland
Mölndal Municipality 59,430 147 395.0 South-East
Partille Municipality 33,797 57 588.3
Härryda Municipality 33,422 268 119.3
Lerum Municipality 38,050 260 140.0 North-East Älvsborg
Ale Municipality 27,092 318 83.1
Alingsås Municipality 37,098 475 74.8
Lilla Edet Municipality 12,835 317 40.7
Kungsbacka Municipality 71,942 611 113.9 South Halland Halland
Total 904,620 3,717 236.0 As of 2007
Citizens with a foreign background[1]
Foreign background 185,908 20,7%
Swedish background 710,249 79,3%
Total 904,620 100%

1/ km²
2/ Population per km²

See also

References and notes

  1. ^ "Befolkning: Antal personer med utländsk eller svensk bakgrund efter kommun, civilstånd, ålder och kön. År 2002-2006" (in Swedish). Statistiska centralbyrån (Statistics Sweden). Retrieved 2008-01-23. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) To produce the table select (1) "region": Storgöteborg, (2) "utländsk/svensk bakgrund" (foreign/Swedish background): Both, (3) "civilstånd" (civil status): None, (4) "ålder" (age): None, (5) "kön" (gender): None, (6) "år" (year): 2006, and (7) click "Forsätt" (Continue).