Vänersborg Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Vänersborgs kommun
county=Västra Götaland County
province=Västergötland and Dalsland
capital=Vänersborg


arearank=129th
area=904.30
arealand=647.48
populationrank=62nd
population=37,023
densityrank=86th
populationdensity=57.2
website=http://www.vanersborg.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006

Vänersborg Municipality ("Vänersborgs kommun") is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Vänersborg.

The present municipality was created during the local government reform in the early 1970s. In 1971 the "City of Vänersborg" became a municipality of unitary type and three years later it was amalgamated with three surrounding municipalities. The number of original local government entities (as of 1863) is eight.

Localities

*Brålanda, 1,500 inhabitants
*Frändefors, 600
*Vargön, 5,000
*Vänersborg (seat), 22,000

External links

* [http://www.vanersborg.se Vänersborg Municipality] - Official site
* [http://www.ttela.se The local newspaper] (TTELA)

References

*Article on Swedish Wikipedia
* [http://runeberg.org/nfcm/0066.html Article Vänersborg] - From Nordisk familjebok