Mariestad Municipality

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

Mariestad Municipality Mariestads kommun
Municipality
Mariestad Railway Station
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 58°42′N 13°49′E
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Mariestad
Area
• Total	1,503.1914 km2 (580.3854 sq mi)
• Land	601.1514 km2 (232.1059 sq mi)
• Water	902.04 km2 (348.28 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)
• Total	24,647
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland
Municipal code	1493
Website	www.mariestad.se

The present municipality was formed in 1971, when the City of Mariestad was amalgamated with four surrounding rural municipalities.

Geography

Forest in sunlight near Lake Vänern in the Mariestads kommun

Mariestad Municipality is situated on Lake Vänern and is visited by many tourists in summer. The largest fresh water archipelago in Sweden lies within the municipality. Torsö and Brommö are the two largest islands. North of the city, in Sjötorp, Göta Canal meets Lake Vänern.

Localities

Population centers in the municipality include:

• Lugnås
• Lyrestad
• Mariestad (seat)
• Sjötorp
• Ullervad

Industry

The largest employers are Electrolux home products and Katrinefors bruk, a part of Metsä Tissue AB. SCA Packaging AB, RM Perfo AB and Jede AB are other notable companies in Mariestad. Within the IT industry Telia Partner AB and WM-data Infra Solutions AB are the two biggest employers. Just south of Mariestad, in Lugnås, you find Nimbus Produktion AB who manufactures Nimbus boats.

Demographics

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

In total there were 24,698 residents, including 19,407 Swedish citizens of voting age. 47.4% voted for the left coalition and 51.5% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Residents Citizen
adults Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents Foreign
heritage Income
SEK Degree % % Bråten-V Skogen 1,770 1,314 54.9 44.1 76 66 34 22,509 33 Grangärdet 1,481 1,095 51.8 47.3 83 86 14 25,116 30 Hassle-Torsö 1,868 1,498 41.7 57.2 86 91 9 25,826 33 Högelid 1,935 1,494 49.6 49.6 90 91 9 28,812 43 Ladukärr 1,600 1,319 52.2 47.0 81 89 11 24,117 39 Leksberg 1,576 1,160 46.5 52.8 89 86 14 28,621 41 Leverstad 1,218 949 51.8 46.4 77 72 28 22,856 28 Lockerud-Ekudden 1,482 1,107 48.7 50.8 76 79 21 24,680 42 Lugnås 1,539 1,199 38.3 59.3 86 90 10 26,123 29 Lyrestad-Sjötorp 1,537 1,217 39.2 59.9 78 90 10 23,286 25 Madlyckan 1,580 1,284 48.8 50.1 80 86 14 24,713 35 Marieholm 1,601 1,265 56.2 42.6 74 73 27 21,259 31 Näset 1,270 1,145 44.0 55.4 78 85 15 24,009 38 Tidavad 1,207 926 40.7 57.8 86 95 5 27,200 35 Trädgården 1,741 1,458 50.7 48.1 75 86 14 21,421 37 Ullervad 1,293 977 44.0 55.3 89 94 6 27,473 36 Source: SVT

International relations

Main article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Sweden

Twin towns — sister cities

Mariestad Municipality is twinned with:

• Pakruojis, Lithuania

References

• Corresponding article on Swedish Wikipedia

External links

• Media related to Mariestad Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
• Mariestad Municipality - Official site