Västerås Municipality

Västerås Municipality

*Västerås kommun*
Västerås Municipality Västerås kommun
Municipality
	Västerås City Hall
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 59°37′N 16°32′E / 59.617°N 16.533°E
Country	Sweden
County	Västmanland County
Seat	Västerås
Area
• Total	1,137.835976 km2 (439.320926 sq mi)
• Land	959.015976 km2 (370.278138 sq mi)
• Water	178.82 km2 (69.04 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)
• Total	159,662
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västmanland
Municipal code	1980
Website	www.vasteras.se
	Density is calculated using land area only.

Västerås Municipality (Västerås kommun) is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Västerås.

The municipality prefers to use the denomination Västerås stad (City of Västerås) for the whole territory, including rural areas.

The municipality evolved gradually during the municipal reforms in Sweden. Most of the amalgamations took place in 1967 and the municipality in its present form was created in 1971. There are 30 original local government units within the present municipality.

Localities

As of 2018, there were 17 localities in the municipality:^[3]

Municipality	Population
Västerås	127 799
Skultuna	3 342
Hökåsen	3 023
Irsta	2 833
Kvicksund	2 208
Tillberga	2 164
Barkarö	1 546
Enhagen-Ekbacken	1 091
Dingtuna	1 032
Tidö-Lindö	710
Malmen	522
Örtagården	471
Tortuna	418
Harkie	284
Munga	272
Lycksta	240
Kärsta och Bredsdal	221

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Västerås Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[4]

In total there were 156,510 residents, including 116,663 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[4] 46.8% voted for the left coalition and 51.9% for the right coalition. This made Västerås the most populated municipality in which the right coalition won the vote. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

%

101 Centrum

1,572

1,429

45.8

53.8

75

71

29

26,218

45

102 Kyrkbacken

1,480

1,257

42.8

55.5

76

24

26,542

56

103 Herrgärdet

1,638

1,377

51.7

47.3

79

76

24

27,022

50

104 Kopparlunden

1,636

1,136

49.6

49.4

75

55

45

24,841

41

105 Östermalm

1,593

1,227

43.9

55.5

79

63

37

30,042

55

106 Östra Hamnen

1,694

1,476

40.5

58.8

87

76

24

36,688

65

107 Lillåudden

1,606

1,284

39.3

59.6

83

70

30

34,190

63

108 Norrmalm/Blåsbo

1,554

1,341

41.6

57.9

87

85

15

29,986

58

109 Aroslund/Iggebygärdet

1,679

1,322

45.4

53.4

80

78

22

27,061

53

110 Kristiansborg/Karlsdal

1,760

1,372

43.5

55.4

78

74

26

26,914

56

111 Annedal/Stallhagen

1,632

1,458

37.3

62.1

85

83

17

34,371

64

112 Oxbacken/Västermalm

1,617

1,407

47.2

51.9

81

76

24

25,258

54

113 Pettersberg Ö

1,221

1,025

49.4

83

75

25

26,848

49

114 Pettersberg V

3,042

1,619

64.7

29.9

54

21

79

14,560

26

115 Jakobsberg

1,801

1,452

40.9

58.4

84

83

17

32,033

66

116 Hammarby Stadshage

2,035

1,329

54.0

44.3

69

53

47

20,894

44

117 Vetterslund

1,632

1,193

54.3

43.5

77

57

43

24,027

45

201 Hammarby Ö

1,956

1,281

51.6

46.9

74

55

45

22,174

40

202 Hammarby V

1,617

1,311

57.9

38.1

66

35

65

20,134

33

203 Bäckby Ö

2,263

1,498

67.3

28.1

54

29

71

14,871

19

204 Bäckby N

2,099

1,287

67.3

28.6

57

20

80

16,691

22

205 Bäckby V

1,675

1,245

53.9

45.2

82

55

45

24,954

39

206 Bäckby C

1,483

1,106

59.0

38.8

76

44

56

23,031

31

207 Bäckby S

1,553

1,197

49.2

48.8

79

47

53

24,481

36

208 Skälby V

1,901

1,299

40.7

58.4

83

62

38

29,049

50

209 Skälby Ö

1,729

1,216

50.5

47.0

78

59

41

25,896

40

210 Stohagen/Spantgatan

1,615

1,287

52.0

46.3

76

71

29

25,615

46

211 Enhagen-Ekbacken

1,793

1,279

35.5

64.0

91

88

12

37,334

63

212 Barkarö/Tidö-Lindö

1,272

896

32.0

67.3

89

86

14

35,942

57

213 Barkarö C

1,778

1,192

39.2

59.6

91

89

11

36,249

70

214 Dingtuna-Lillhärad

1,744

1,324

39.6

59.9

88

89

11

31,863

45

215 Dingtuna C

1,011

721

37.1

62.6

89

86

14

29,292

39

216 Kvicksund/Rytterne

2,073

1,627

36.7

62.6

88

12

30,278

51

301 Skallberget S

1,678

1,159

57.1

39.9

60

45

55

16,808

30

302 Skallberget N

1,382

1,047

56.4

42.6

72

71

29

22,766

38

303 Nordanby

1,259

792

52.0

45.3

75

61

39

26,030

47

304 Gryta NÖ

1,950

1,460

52.2

47.4

88

82

18

30,799

59

305 Gryta NV

1,932

1,399

52.4

46.6

83

77

23

29,409

58

306 Önsta

1,737

1,251

48.2

50.9

79

67

33

30,099

53

307 Gryta SÖ

1,926

1,374

50.5

48.7

79

68

32

27,773

55

308 Gryta SV

1,919

1,348

52.6

45.9

74

67

33

25,773

44

309 Tunby-Vega

1,950

1,425

46.2

53.1

80

76

24

28,615

49

310 Rönnby S

1,980

1,472

41.3

57.6

89

87

13

33,185

67

311 Rönnby N

1,740

1,354

47.2

51.9

82

81

19

24,781

49

312 Fredriksberg

2,077

1,349

62.8

34.0

58

32

68

16,915

24

313 Råby S

1,621

1,138

61.0

36.5

67

35

65

19,000

35

314 Råby N

1,629

1,181

63.9

33.7

66

33

67

18,821

32

315 Råby Ö

1,298

946

57.5

41.2

71

45

55

20,007

31

316 Vallby S

2,195

1,331

65.4

30.0

55

19

81

14,069

27

317 Eriksborg/Hagaberg

1,819

1,324

44.9

53.8

84

59

41

29,016

54

318 Brottberga/Vallby N

1,919

1,428

35.3

63.3

82

55

45

30,410

49

319 Vallby C/Bjärby

2,255

1,379

48.7

48.0

65

38

62

18,951

33

320 Skultuna

1,813

1,254

48.4

50.8

76

24

24,698

36

321 Skultuna C

2,000

1,381

49.1

50.0

73

70

30

21,414

26

322 Haraker Romfartuna

2,043

1,648

38.3

60.0

86

89

11

28,076

39

401 Emaus

973

976

48.0

50.3

78

63

37

25,852

59

402 Bergslagsparken

1,324

1,071

45.5

53.8

83

75

25

27,075

46

403 Gideonsberg

1,754

1,324

53.8

45.7

73

69

31

21,882

41

404 Skälängen

1,559

1,313

52.7

46.2

79

72

28

24,541

44

405 Nordanby gärde

1,637

1,328

52.5

46.7

81

69

31

25,367

44

406 Sandgärdet

1,606

1,292

44.8

53.9

80

77

23

26,067

43

407 Haga

1,587

1,326

46.5

52.2

79

74

26

23,222

43

408 Skjutbanegatan

1,572

1,344

44.5

54.0

81

71

29

24,856

39

409 Hemdal

1,837

1,428

46.7

52.3

78

74

26

26,408

51

410 Malmaberg S

1,945

1,551

50.3

48.2

69

68

32

21,297

35

411 Malmaberg N

1,775

1,375

50.4

48.9

78

76

24

26,402

51

412 Klockartorp

1,793

1,500

45.7

53.2

79

21

24,068

37

413 Skiljebo S

1,699

1,289

46.5

52.6

87

81

19

31,933

58

414 Skiljebo N

1,747

1,333

50.1

47.4

68

63

37

19,881

37

415 Odensviplatsen

1,536

1,150

54.6

44.7

78

67

33

21,690

40

416 Brandthovda

1,315

984

43.2

56.2

89

83

17

33,273

59

417 Bjurhovda SV

1,552

1,042

53.6

44.2

69

52

48

21,272

28

418 Bjurhovda SO

1,610

1,136

49.2

48.2

67

64

36

21,772

30

419 Bjurhovda N

1,730

1,376

42.8

56.2

90

83

17

31,936

51

420 Hökåsen/Tillberga

1,974

1,386

31.8

67.3

88

90

10

31,356

50

421 Hökåsen C

1,852

1,315

40.8

58.5

91

86

14

31,319

48

422 Tillberga C

2,121

1,563

40.2

59.2

85

88

12

28,097

34

423 Tortuna/Sevalla

1,075

844

34.6

63.6

89

93

7

28,982

41

501 Viksäng V/Ängsgärdet

1,539

1,353

58.6

39.6

63

53

47

17,488

36

502 Viksäng/Stenhagen

1,715

1,373

50.4

47.7

79

72

28

24,536

47

503 Viksäng Ö

1,933

1,285

51.0

47.6

81

71

29

26,423

48

504 Talltorp/Lillhamra

2,030

1,282

40.2

58.8

88

80

20

35,351

67

505 Notudden

1,561

1,244

41.6

57.4

85

65

35

32,065

58

506 Mälarparken

1,270

1,029

44.8

54.6

87

77

23

31,394

54

507 Framnäs

1,371

1,185

38.7

60.5

87

86

14

34,017

70

508 Berghamra/Hamre

2,003

1,416

39.4

59.9

80

83

17

33,632

66

509 Gäddeholm

1,316

801

41.1

58.5

94

87

13

39,511

70

510 Irsta S

1,282

928

35.4

63.6

90

89

11

30,579

49

511 Irsta N

1,464

999

41.8

57.8

91

9

33,685

57

512 Björksta/Kungsåra

1,518

1,178

37.6

60.8

85

90

10

28,348

38

513 Öster Mälarstrand

1,518

1,241

45.0

54.3

86

67

33

32,060

58

514 Kärrbolandet

1,541

1,193

35.7

63.7

89

11

31,378

51

Source: SVT^[4]

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Västerås is twinned with:^[5]

References

^ "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.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ "Folkmängd per tätort efter region och vart 5:e år" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Västerås i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ "Nätverk och vänorter" (in Swedish). Västerås Municipality. Retrieved 2019-07-28.

External links

Västerås Municipality - Official site

[SCB_2014-01-01-1] "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.

[SCB_2023-12-31-2] "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.

[3] "Folkmängd per tätort efter region och vart 5:e år" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2019-07-28.

[VästeråsVal2022-4] "Valresultat 2022 för Västerås i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[5] "Nätverk och vänorter" (in Swedish). Västerås Municipality. Retrieved 2019-07-28.

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