Metropolitan Gothenburg
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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 896,157 individuals it is the second largest metropolitan area in Sweden after Metropolitan Stockholm.
[edit] Statistics
| Municipality | Population | Area¹ | Density² | Part | Divisions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provinces (pre 1634) | Counties (pre 1998) | Counties (Current) | ||||||
| Kungälv Municipality | 39,649 | 365 | 105.8 | North | Bohuslän | Gothenburg and Bohus | Västra Götaland | |
| Stenungsund Municipality | 23,389 | 254 | 90.4 | |||||
| Tjörn Municipality | 14,944 | 168 | 89,3 | |||||
| Öckerö Municipality | 12,256 | 26 | 469.3 | |||||
| Gothenburg Municipality | 493,502 | 451 | 1073.4 | City | Västergötland | |||
| Mölndal Municipality | 59,430 | 147 | 395.0 | South-East | ||||
| Partille Municipality | 33,699 | 57 | 588.3 | |||||
| Härryda Municipality | 32,969 | 268 | 119.3 | |||||
| Lerum Municipality | 37,711 | 260 | 140.0 | North-East | Älvsborg | |||
| Ale Municipality | 27,092 | 318 | 83.1 | |||||
| Alingsås Municipality | 36,739 | 475 | 74.8 | |||||
| Lilla Edet Municipality | 12,835 | 317 | 40.7 | |||||
| Kungsbacka Municipality | 71,942 | 611 | 113.9 | South | Halland | Halland | ||
| Total | 896,157 | 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 | 896,157 | 100% |
1/ km²
2/ Population per km²
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[edit] References and notes
- ^ Befolkning: Antal personer med utländsk eller svensk bakgrund efter kommun, civilstånd, ålder och kön. År 2002-2006 (Swedish). Statistiska centralbyrån (Statistics Sweden). Retrieved on 2008-01-23. 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).
