- Trollhättan Municipality
Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Trollhättans kommun
county=Västra Götaland County
province=Västergötland
capital=Trollhättan
arearank=207th
area=430.24
arealand=412.14
populationrank=42nd
population=53,830
densityrank=37th
populationdensity=130.6
website=http://www.trollhattan.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006Trollhättan Municipality ("Trollhättans kommun" or "Trollhättans stad") is a municipality in
Västra Götaland County in westernSweden . Its seat is located in the city ofTrollhättan .The municipality was created gradually in 1967, 1971 and 1974 during the last local government reform when the "City of Trollhättan" (itself instituted in 1916) was amalgamated with surrounding municipalities.
The municipality itself prefers to use the denomination "Trollhättans stad" ("City of Trollhättan") for the entire territory, including rural areas. This is purely nominal and has no effect on its status as a unitary municipality. Today, it is the home of SAAB
Localities
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Björndalen
*Sjuntorp
*Skogshöjden
*Trollhättan (seat)
*Upphärad
*Velanda
*Väne-Åsaka External links
* [http://www.trollhattan.se/ Trollhättan Municipality] - Official site
* [http://www.vastsverige.com/Trollhattan Trollhättan] - Official tourist site
* [http://runeberg.org/pictswed/02.html Pictures of Sweden/Trollhætta] - H. C. Andersen 1851
* [http://www.ttela.se The local newspaper] (TTELA )
* [http://www.budo.info Trollhättan Aikido Dojo] - Martial art
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