Mölndal Municipality

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Mölndals kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms
Country Sweden
County Västra Götaland County
Seat Mölndal
Area[1]
 • Total 153.22 km2 (59.16 sq mi)
 • Land 146.81 km2 (56.68 sq mi)
 • Water 6.41 km2 (2.47 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population (June 30, 2012)[2]
 • Total 60,749
 • Density 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Västergötland and Halland
Municipal code 1481
Website www.molndal.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Mölndal Municipality (Mölndals kommun or Mölndals stad) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County 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.

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.

Population figures

The 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.

Notable Residents

Affiliations

Mölndal Municipality is twinned with the following towns:

Sights of interest

  • Gunnebo House from the 18th century.
  • Fässberg Church from the 19th century

References

  1. ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2010-08-21. 
  2. ↑ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2012" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 

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Coordinates: 57°42′N 11°58′E / 57.700°N 11.967°E / 57.700; 11.967

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