Kungälv Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Kungälv. It is the 50th largest municipality in Sweden by population size, which exceeded 50 000 during May 2024.
The present municipality was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Kungälv, the City of Marstrand and territories belonging to four rural municipalities. In 1974 a minor part (situated on the island of Hisingen) was transferred to Gothenburg Municipality.
Geography Geographically it borders to Gothenburg Municipality (south), Ale Municipality (east), Lilla Edet Municipality (north-east) and Stenungsund Municipality (north). To the east flows the river Göta älv and to the south, marking the border to Gothenburg, flows the river Nordre älv. On an island in the river, the medieval Bohus Fortress faces the city of Kungälv.
Localities Marstrand, which was historically a largely autonomous island territory as the Marstrand Free Port. It's the location of the stone fortress Carlsten. Diseröd Kareby Kode Kungälv Kärna Solberga, where the oldest parts of the church dates back to the 12th century Årsnäs
Demographics This is a demographic table based on Kungälv 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 48,219 residents, including 36,298 Swedish citizens of voting age. 43.6 % voted for the left coalition and 54.9 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
Location % % Aröd-Skålldal 1,424 1,132 35.3 63.0 89 93 7 29,533 37Centrum 1,380 1,218 48.5 50.7 81 88 12 24,728 45Diseröd-Dösebacka 1,904 1,341 43.3 54.4 88 85 15 29,608 41Fontin-Gamla Staden 1,532 1,215 45.1 53.6 82 83 17 29,004 46Fridhem-Tveten 1,894 1,428 52.7 46.4 84 85 15 27,749 49Harestad 1,117 827 42.2 57.1 89 89 11 30,121 38Hålta-Lökeberg 1,309 1,016 39.8 59.2 87 92 8 31,111 43Kareby-Ullstorp 1,970 1,356 39.1 59.9 91 90 10 34,842 48Kode 1,590 1,095 40.9 58.3 89 89 11 30,793 46Komarken N-G:a Grinden 1,902 1,440 55.8 42.2 76 63 37 24,391 38Komarken S-Grinden 1,595 1,265 47.1 51.0 86 86 14 31,809 52Komarken V 1,621 1,200 53.8 43.1 72 56 44 22,773 28Komarken Ö 1,072 900 52.0 44.9 74 73 27 22,723 34Kovikshamn-Glose 1,836 1,476 43.4 55.4 86 92 8 29,808 46Kärna-Staby 2,038 1,450 40.7 57.7 87 90 10 30,321 41Lundby-Skårby-Arnebo 1,552 1,154 39.4 59.4 90 93 7 31,261 38Marstrand 1,408 1,272 32.7 66.2 82 92 8 29,967 52Munkegärde 1,863 1,394 46.7 52.6 88 83 17 30,022 44Rollsbo-Bredsten 1,239 969 44.6 53.3 89 89 11 32,664 55Sadelmakaren-Reparatören 1,193 1,035 52.4 46.0 76 82 18 22,095 37Skälebräcke-Kongahälla 2,557 2,113 43.6 55.0 86 80 20 29,309 42Solberg-Duvesjön 1,677 1,233 38.0 60.5 88 88 12 30,302 39Solberga-Rörtången 1,676 1,277 40.8 58.5 89 93 7 32,126 45Sparrås-Tornhaga 1,880 1,334 47.3 51.2 82 87 13 28,865 47Tega-Vena-Ulvesund 2,781 2,108 40.1 58.2 89 88 12 33,640 54Tjuvkil-Instön-Tofta 2,073 1,656 38.2 60.8 88 93 7 33,787 50Ulvegärde-Solbräcke 2,112 1,446 42.0 56.1 84 82 18 30,291 45Ytterby C-Kastellegården 2,024 1,578 47.1 50.7 84 83 17 25,940 44Source: SVT
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