Vara Municipality

Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Vara Municipality

Vara kommun

Municipality

Vara Railway Station

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 58°16′N 12°57′E﻿ / ﻿58.267°N 12.950°E﻿ / 58.267; 12.950
Country| Sweden
County| Västra Götaland County
Seat| Vara
Area

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• Total

| 700.604375 km2 (270.504861 sq mi)
• Land| 696.914375 km2 (269.080145 sq mi)
• Water| 3.69 km2 (1.42 sq mi)
| Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population

(31 December 2024)[2]

• Total

| 16,088
• Density| 23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code| SE
Province| Västergötland
Municipal code| 1470
Website| www.vara.se

Vara Municipality (Swedish: Vara kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vara.

The present municipality consists of 25 original local government entities (as of 1863). Between 1974 and 1982 the territory of present Essunga Municipality was also included.

## Districts

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* Bitterna
* Edsvära
* Eling
* Fyrunga
* Hällum
* Jung
* Kvänum
* Larv
* Laske-Vedum
* Levene
* Long
* Längjum
* Naum
* Norra Vånga
* Ryda
* Skarstad
* Slädene
* Sparlösa
* Södra Kedum
* Södra Lundby
* Tråvad
* Vara
* Önum
* Öttum

## Demographics

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This is a demographic table based on Vara Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]

In total there were 16,140 residents, including 12,219 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 38.2% voted for the left coalition and 61.0% 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

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Arentorp  | 1,697  | 1,301  | 38.5  | 60.2  | 83  | 92  | 8  | 25,551  | 28
Kvänum  | 2,311  | 1,618  | 36.3  | 63.0  | 75  | 81  | 19  | 22,541  | 23
Larv  | 1,360  | 1,045  | 32.7  | 65.9  | 84  | 89  | 11  | 25,014  | 29
Levene  | 1,742  | 1,368  | 38.7  | 61.0  | 83  | 89  | 11  | 24,336  | 31
Skarstad  | 1,775  | 1,341  | 32.9  | 66.3  | 82  | 87  | 13  | 24,772  | 25
Vara C  | 1,451  | 1,160  | 39.4  | 59.6  | 77  | 80  | 20  | 21,099  | 23
Vara V  | 1,724  | 1,371  | 40.0  | 59.3  | 86  | 93  | 7  | 27,457  | 36
Vara Ö  | 1,973  | 1,440  | 44.6  | 54.8  | 74  | 77  | 23  | 23,520  | 28
Vedum  | 2,107  | 1,575  | 40.1  | 59.2  | 79  | 86  | 14  | 24,560  | 22
Source: SVT[3]

## References

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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.
2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2024" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 21 February 2025. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
3. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Vara i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

## External links

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* Media related to Vara Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
* Vara Municipality \- Official site

Places adjacent to Vara Municipality

|  | Lidköping | Skara

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* Alingsås
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* Ulricehamn
* Vänersborg
* Vara
* Vårgårda

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Localities in Vara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Localities|

* Arentorp
* Emtunga
* Jung
* Kvänum
* Stora Levene
* Tråvad
* Vara (seat)
* Vedum

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