- Varberg Municipality
Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Varbergs kommun
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county=Halland County
province=Halland andVästergötland
capital=Varberg
arearank=127th
area=913.86
arealand=874.20
populationrank=38th
population=56,240| ( Source: www.scb.se)densityrank=82nd
populationdensity=63.4
website=http://www.varberg.se/
footnotes=Area and population as of December 31, 2006Varberg Municipality ("Varbergs kommun") is a municipality in
Halland County , in southwestSweden . Its seat is inVarberg .It was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the "City of Varberg" and the surrounding rural municipalities. There are 25 original local government entities included in the municipality.
5,000 people are
commuting out from the municipality, mainly toGothenburg andFalkenberg . 3,200 people are commuting into Falkenberg.Localities
There are 16 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Varberg Municipality.
In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.
References
* [http://www.scb.se Statistics Sweden]
External links
* [http://www.varberg.se/ Varberg Municipality] - Official site
* [http://www.lansmuseet.varberg.se/ Halland County Museum at Varberg] - Official site
* [http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwe/v/varberg.htm Coat of arms]
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