Lilla Edet Municipality Explained

Lilla Edet Municipality
Native Name:Lilla Edets kommun
Native Name Lang:sv
Settlement Type:Municipality
Coordinates:58.1333°N 20°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Västra Götaland County
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Lilla Edet
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Note:Area as of .
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Blank Name Sec1:Province
Blank Info Sec1:Västergötland and Bohuslän
Blank1 Name Sec1:Municipal code
Blank1 Info Sec1:1462
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Iso Code:SE
Website:www.lillaedet.se

Lilla Edet Municipality (Lilla Edets kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Lilla Edet.

The present municipality was formed in 1971, when the market town (köping) Lilla Edet (instituted as late as 1951) was merged with Flundre (part of), Inlands Torpe and Lödöse.

Population figures from Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005.

Of these localities, Lödöse is nationally known for being the original location of the city of Gothenburg. In the medieval age it was a busy city and hosted an important Swedish harbor, until it was moved to its present location in 1473, and little remained. Today it has an interesting museum with many objects.

Industry

The largest employer in Lilla Edet Municipality apart from the government is the paper mill "SCA Hygiene Products AB Edet Bruk", with some 500 employees. It has been in operation for some 120 years, and is best known today for its manufacturing of the toilet paper brand "Edet", available in every store in Sweden.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Lilla Edet Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[1]

In total there were 14,502 residents, including 10,601 Swedish citizens of voting age.[1] 41.7% voted for the left coalition and 56.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location
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Göta1,9911,33439.159.778633725,74629
Hjärtum-Utby1,7241,36642.755.885891127,49634
Lilla Edet N1,9091,41948.948.475653523,02124
Lilla Edet S1,8051,28640.258.077663423,85624
Lödöse-Tunge2,0251,41943.954.382802026,57440
Nygård-Prässebo1,7331,31538.259.485841626,46329
Ström1,6801,19744.154.478732724,42125
Västerlanda1,6351,26537.061.786861427,11429
Source: SVT

Friendship cities

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Valresultat 2022 för Lilla Edet i riksdagsvalet. SVT. sv. 11 September 2022. 3 February 2024.
  2. Web site: Vänorter. Lilla Edets kommun. 28 November 2019. SV.