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

Vänersborg Municipality Vänersborgs kommun
Municipality
Vänersborg Railway Station
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 58°23′N 12°19′E
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Vänersborg
Area [1]
• Total	898.83 km2 (347.04 sq mi)
• Land	642.7 km2 (248.1 sq mi)
• Water	256.13 km2 (98.89 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2021)[2]
• Total	39,636
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland and Dalsland
Municipal code	1487
Website	www.vanersborg.se

The present municipality was created during the local government reform in the early 1970s. In 1971 the City of Vänersborg became a municipality of unitary type and three years later it was amalgamated with three surrounding municipalities. The number of original local government entities (as of 1863) is eight.

Localities

• Brålanda, 1,500 inhabitants
• Frändefors, 600
• Katrinedal, 300
• Nordkroken, 400
• Vargön, 5,000
• Vänersborg (seat), 22,000

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

The following cities are twinned with Vänersborg:[3]

• Arsuk, Sermersooq, Greenland
• Åland, Finland
• Eiði, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands
• Herning, Midtjylland, Denmark
• Lich, Hesse, Germany
• Husby, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
• Kangasala, Western Finland, Finland
• Siglufjörður, Eyjafjörður, Iceland
• Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway
• Räpina, Põlva County, Estonia

References

• Article on Swedish Wikipedia
• Article Vänersborg - From Nordisk familjebok

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vänersborg Municipality.

• Vänersborg Municipality - Official site
• The local newspaper (TTELA)

На других языках

[de] Vänersborg (Gemeinde)