Uddevalla Municipality

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

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Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 58°21′N 11°55′E
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Uddevalla
Area
• Total	733.03 km2 (283.02 sq mi)
• Land	637.69 km2 (246.21 sq mi)
• Water	95.34 km2 (36.81 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	57,045
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Bohuslän
Municipal code	1485
Website	www.uddevalla.se

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Uddevalla (which had absorbed the rural municipality Bäve in 1945) was amalgamated with the surrounding municipalities Forshälla, Lane-Ryr, Ljungskile, Skredsvik and parts of Skaftö.

Localities

• Ammenäs
• Fagerhult
• Herrestad
• Hogstorp
• Ljungskile
• Sunningen
• Uddevalla (seat)

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Uddevalla 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 57,031 residents, including 43,062 Swedish citizens of voting age. 45.7% voted for the left coalition and 52.3% for the right coalition.

Location Residents Citizen
adults Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents Foreign
heritage Income
SEK Degree % % Ammenäs-Sund 1,871 1,402 34.4 64.9 89 91 9 33,368 53 Berg-Simmersröd 1,620 1,217 45.5 52.7 84 90 10 27,348 60 Bleket-S Dalaberg 1,838 1,339 56.8 40.3 81 61 39 24,846 37 Bokenäs-Dragsmark 1,572 1,252 43.3 55.7 86 92 8 27,543 40 Boxhult-N Unnaröd 1,807 1,373 54.1 44.7 78 70 30 24,075 41 Dalaberg-N Hovhult 1,819 917 63.9 17.6 46 16 84 10,604 20 Dramsvik-Forshälla 1,630 1,255 38.2 61.0 88 93 7 30,000 41 Fasseröd 1,541 1,182 48.5 51.0 87 77 23 28,581 44 Hedegärde-Vännerberg 1,928 1,378 48.4 49.1 77 76 24 24,936 39 Helenedal-N Uddevalla 1,733 1,214 58.4 38.6 73 57 43 23,865 37 Hovhult 1,707 1,152 54.7 38.0 65 47 53 18,997 28 Håljuteberget 1,597 1,354 49.6 48.7 73 76 24 23,104 38 Hälle-Skafteröd 1,570 1,191 47.8 50.2 87 88 12 27,048 61 Högås-Sundsandvik 1,660 1,267 41.7 57.6 89 90 10 28,927 39 Hönseberget 1,622 1,295 46.9 50.7 71 72 28 21,374 33 Kampenhof-Strömstadsv. 1,310 1,125 47.4 50.6 75 69 31 23,292 31 Kapelle 1,887 1,484 45.5 53.2 83 87 13 27,938 44 Karlsruhe-Elseberg 1,639 1,235 47.0 50.7 76 73 27 24,716 37 Kissleberg-Smedseröd 1,776 1,290 43.0 56.6 87 87 13 28,903 43 Kurveröd 1,390 1,034 45.5 53.6 86 91 9 30,069 48 Källdal-Misteröd 2,154 1,558 37.7 61.6 89 89 11 32,633 51 Lane-Ryr 1,601 1,218 34.3 64.8 88 94 6 28,722 30 Lyckorna-Grinneröd 1,939 1,523 35.6 63.0 85 92 8 29,729 51 Ridhuset-Folkets park 1,644 1,452 49.3 49.9 79 81 19 22,754 35 Skogslyckan 1,600 1,105 51.2 44.2 61 54 46 17,028 26 Skredsvik-Hogstorp 1,709 1,285 37.9 61.0 87 89 11 28,700 34 Stenbacken-Karlsberg 1,577 1,247 41.5 57.1 78 80 20 24,614 39 Tureborg-Vadbacken 2,005 1,155 59.6 33.0 55 34 66 14,960 30 Ulvesund-Resteröd 1,682 1,279 48.1 50.1 83 87 13 27,697 52 Unneröd-Ramneröd 1,452 1,146 51.8 46.4 68 70 30 20,141 31 Utby-Lanesund 1,762 1,421 38.7 60.7 87 92 8 30,989 45 Walkesborg-Bohusgården 1,668 1,403 48.4 50.1 81 79 21 24,187 38 Äsperöd-Ängebacken 1,436 1,174 43.0 56.0 84 84 16 26,289 33 Österberget 1,285 1,140 45.7 53.0 84 85 15 26,342 41 Source: SVT

External links

• Media related to Uddevalla Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
• Uddevalla Municipality - Official site