Varberg Municipality

Varberg Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Varbergs kommun

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county=Halland County
province=Halland and Västergötland
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, 2006

Varberg Municipality ("Varbergs kommun") is a municipality in Halland County, in southwest Sweden. Its seat is in Varberg.

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 to Gothenburg and Falkenberg. 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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