Mölndal Municipality

Mölndals kommun
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Mölndal
Area[1]
– Total	153.22 km2 (59.2 sq mi)
– Land	146.81 km2 (56.7 sq mi)
– Water	6.41 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population (June 30, 2010)[2]
– Total	60,749
– Density	396.5/km2 (1,026.9/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
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 (Västergötland)
• Lindome has 13,364 inhabitants (Halland)
• Hällesåker has 900 inhabitants (Halland)

Numbers from 2003.

Affiliations

Mölndal Municipality is twinned with the following towns:

• Albertslund Municipality, Denmark
• Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Canterbury, England, United Kingdom
• Whitstable, England, United Kingdom

Sights of interest

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

References

1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (in Swedish) (Microsoft Excel). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0802/2010A01/mi0802tab3_2010.xls. Retrieved 2010-08-21. 
2. ^ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____244147.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 

External links

• Mölndal Municipality - Official site
• (Swedish) Article Mölndal - From Nordisk Familjebok

Coordinates: 57°42′N 11°58′E / 57.7°N 11.967°E / 57.7; 11.967