Mariestad Municipality

Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Mariestad Municipality Mariestads kommun
Municipality
Mariestad Railway Station
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 58°42′N 13°49′E / 58.700°N 13.817°E / 58.700; 13.817
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Mariestad
Area ^[1]
• 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)^[2]
• 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

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

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

Geography

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:

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.^[3]

In total there were 24,698 residents, including 19,407 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 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

22,509

Grangärdet

1,481

1,095

51.8

47.3

25,116

Hassle-Torsö

1,868

1,498

41.7

57.2

25,826

Högelid

1,935

1,494

49.6

28,812

Ladukärr

1,600

1,319

52.2

47.0

24,117

Leksberg

1,576

1,160

46.5

52.8

28,621

Leverstad

1,218

949

51.8

46.4

22,856

Lockerud-Ekudden

1,482

1,107

48.7

50.8

24,680

Lugnås

1,539

1,199

38.3

59.3

26,123

Lyrestad-Sjötorp

1,537

1,217

39.2

59.9

23,286

Madlyckan

1,580

1,284

48.8

50.1

24,713

Marieholm

1,601

1,265

56.2

42.6

21,259

Näset

1,270

1,145

44.0

55.4

24,009

Tidavad

1,207

926

40.7

57.8

27,200

Trädgården

1,741

1,458

50.7

48.1

21,421

Ullervad

1,293

977

44.0

55.3

27,473

Source: SVT^[3]

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Mariestad Municipality is twinned with:

Pakruojis, Lithuania

References

^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Mariestad i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024.