Mölndal Municipality (Mölndals kommun or Mölndals stad) is a municipality in Västra Götaland 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.
Mölndal Municipality
Mölndals kommun | |
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 Mölndal City Hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 57°42′N 11°58′E / 57.700°N 11.967°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Seat | Mölndal |
| Area | |
• Total | 152.28 km2 (58.80 sq mi) |
| • Land | 145.84 km2 (56.31 sq mi) |
| • Water | 6.44 km2 (2.49 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (December 31, 2019)[1] | |
• Total | 69,364 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Västergötland and Halland |
| Municipal code | 1481 |
| Website | www.molndal.se |
| Density is calculated using land area only. | |
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.
Localities
editThe municipality has four main parts: Mölndal, Kållered, Lindome and Hällesåker.
- Mölndal has 37,131 inhabitants (a part of the contiguous Gothenburg urban area)
- Kållered has 7,257 inhabitants
- Lindome has 13,364 inhabitants
- Hällesåker has 900 inhabitants
Numbers from 2003.
Demographics
editThis is a demographic table based on Mölndal Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[2]
In total there were 69,838 residents, including 51,607 Swedish citizens of voting age.[2] 48.5% voted for the left coalition and 50.1% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Almås | 1,675 | 1,222 | 50.5 | 48.2 | 79 | 74 | 26 | 27,269 | 45 |
| Balltorp V | 2,112 | 1,477 | 40.3 | 57.7 | 83 | 72 | 28 | 31,212 | 45 |
| Balltorp Ö | 1,375 | 925 | 49.7 | 47.9 | 76 | 61 | 39 | 26,244 | 44 |
| Bosgården N | 1,318 | 1,003 | 47.4 | 50.7 | 84 | 67 | 33 | 28,782 | 62 |
| Bosgården S | 1,419 | 1,158 | 54.1 | 44.0 | 78 | 74 | 26 | 25,946 | 55 |
| Brattås N | 1,829 | 1,362 | 47.3 | 50.2 | 76 | 59 | 41 | 24,639 | 39 |
| Brattås S | 1,861 | 1,343 | 53.4 | 45.5 | 87 | 75 | 25 | 30,345 | 57 |
| Broslätt V | 1,333 | 1,027 | 50.0 | 48.6 | 75 | 73 | 27 | 25,519 | 52 |
| Broslätt Ö | 1,694 | 1,418 | 52.8 | 45.1 | 84 | 65 | 35 | 27,486 | 55 |
| Ekhaga | 1,229 | 919 | 48.6 | 49.7 | 79 | 70 | 30 | 29,434 | 63 |
| Eklanda V | 1,796 | 1,147 | 45.4 | 54.4 | 85 | 79 | 21 | 35,017 | 63 |
| Eklanda Ö | 1,895 | 1,140 | 51.7 | 47.7 | 91 | 83 | 17 | 41,497 | 77 |
| Fässberg V | 1,344 | 1,052 | 55.4 | 42.9 | 83 | 72 | 28 | 27,074 | 55 |
| Fässberg Ö | 1,348 | 1,037 | 52.0 | 46.8 | 79 | 72 | 28 | 27,513 | 56 |
| Glasberget N | 1,413 | 1,070 | 57.6 | 40.8 | 86 | 90 | 10 | 33,334 | 64 |
| Glasberget S | 1,439 | 1,054 | 53.5 | 45.8 | 83 | 83 | 17 | 29,662 | 55 |
| Hallen N | 1,306 | 964 | 44.1 | 54.7 | 87 | 77 | 23 | 31,107 | 59 |
| Hallen S | 1,494 | 1,029 | 43.3 | 55.1 | 84 | 77 | 23 | 30,306 | 51 |
| Hällesåker | 1,875 | 1,409 | 35.7 | 63.1 | 87 | 87 | 13 | 30,074 | 35 |
| Krokslätt N | 1,160 | 935 | 49.5 | 48.8 | 81 | 68 | 32 | 30,527 | 63 |
| Krokslätt S | 1,477 | 1,142 | 52.7 | 45.9 | 86 | 68 | 32 | 29,764 | 60 |
| Kvarnbyn N | 1,314 | 967 | 51.8 | 47.0 | 78 | 72 | 28 | 27,358 | 57 |
| Kvarnbyn S | 1,722 | 1,333 | 47.7 | 51.3 | 87 | 74 | 26 | 33,085 | 63 |
| Lackarebäck N | 1,586 | 1,169 | 46.1 | 53.5 | 85 | 83 | 17 | 38,467 | 77 |
| Lackarebäck S | 1,737 | 1,306 | 50.5 | 48.7 | 88 | 87 | 13 | 37,074 | 73 |
| Rävekärr N | 1,677 | 1,192 | 50.6 | 48.7 | 80 | 75 | 25 | 32,515 | 61 |
| Rävekärr S | 1,641 | 1,168 | 49.9 | 49.0 | 79 | 69 | 31 | 27,291 | 48 |
| Sinntorp N | 1,672 | 1,283 | 43.1 | 56.0 | 87 | 86 | 14 | 30,349 | 49 |
| Sinntorp V | 1,292 | 957 | 47.5 | 51.0 | 86 | 81 | 19 | 29,888 | 50 |
| Sinntorp Ö | 1,651 | 1,248 | 44.2 | 55.1 | 85 | 86 | 14 | 30,274 | 46 |
| Skånhälla Bräcka | 1,363 | 1,064 | 43.8 | 55.1 | 86 | 83 | 17 | 32,349 | 58 |
| Skånhälla Fågelsten | 1,531 | 1,008 | 43.6 | 55.1 | 87 | 85 | 15 | 31,933 | 55 |
| Skånhälla V | 1,514 | 1,095 | 38.4 | 59.8 | 88 | 86 | 14 | 33,080 | 52 |
| Stadshuset N | 1,314 | 1,156 | 47.5 | 50.9 | 85 | 74 | 26 | 30,573 | 60 |
| Stadshuset S | 1,416 | 1,053 | 53.3 | 46.4 | 79 | 65 | 35 | 26,012 | 58 |
| Stallbacken V | 1,293 | 937 | 42.1 | 56.9 | 87 | 71 | 29 | 33,282 | 61 |
| Stallbacken Ö | 1,176 | 867 | 42.9 | 55.8 | 87 | 67 | 33 | 31,744 | 57 |
| Stretered | 1,922 | 1,320 | 47.1 | 52.5 | 88 | 80 | 20 | 34,287 | 58 |
| Sörgården V | 1,479 | 1,233 | 51.5 | 46.8 | 77 | 77 | 23 | 30,032 | 74 |
| Sörgården Ö | 1,388 | 976 | 51.3 | 47.7 | 82 | 79 | 21 | 35,816 | 74 |
| Toltorp N | 1,533 | 1,068 | 46.4 | 52.4 | 83 | 78 | 22 | 37,942 | 79 |
| Toltorp S | 1,453 | 881 | 52.1 | 46.7 | 83 | 77 | 23 | 32,592 | 76 |
| Valås | 1,487 | 1,109 | 48.3 | 50.6 | 89 | 83 | 17 | 31,134 | 59 |
| Västerberg | 1,569 | 1,414 | 56.4 | 40.6 | 76 | 58 | 42 | 24,492 | 52 |
| Åby V | 1,419 | 1,085 | 51.3 | 47.2 | 80 | 59 | 41 | 26,294 | 47 |
| Åby Ö | 1,300 | 885 | 53.8 | 42.6 | 82 | 65 | 35 | 27,086 | 45 |
| Source: SVT[2] | |||||||||
Sights of interest
edit- Gunnebo House from the 18th century.
- Fässberg Church from the 19th century
Notable residents
edit- Lars Leksell (1907–1986), physician and neurosurgeon
Sister cities
editAs of September 2023, Mölndal has no twin cities.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Mölndal i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Internationellt arbete - Mölndal". www.molndal.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
External links
editMedia related to Mölndal Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
- Mölndal Municipality – Official site
- (in Swedish) Article Mölndal – From Nordisk Familjebok