Mariestad Municipality () 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: 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 % % Bråten-V Skogen 1,770 1,314 54.9 44.1 76 66 34 22,509 33Grangärdet 1,481 1,095 51.8 47.3 83 86 14 25,116 30Hassle-Torsö 1,868 1,498 41.7 57.2 86 91 9 25,826 33Högelid 1,935 1,494 49.6 49.6 90 91 9 28,812 43Ladukärr 1,600 1,319 52.2 47.0 81 89 11 24,117 39Leksberg 1,576 1,160 46.5 52.8 89 86 14 28,621 41Leverstad 1,218 949 51.8 46.4 77 72 28 22,856 28Lockerud-Ekudden 1,482 1,107 48.7 50.8 76 79 21 24,680 42Lugnås 1,539 1,199 38.3 59.3 86 90 10 26,123 29Lyrestad-Sjötorp 1,537 1,217 39.2 59.9 78 90 10 23,286 25Madlyckan 1,580 1,284 48.8 50.1 80 86 14 24,713 35Marieholm 1,601 1,265 56.2 42.6 74 73 27 21,259 31Näset 1,270 1,145 44.0 55.4 78 85 15 24,009 38Tidavad 1,207 926 40.7 57.8 86 95 5 27,200 35Trädgården 1,741 1,458 50.7 48.1 75 86 14 21,421 37Ullervad 1,293 977 44.0 55.3 89 94 6 27,473 36Source: SVT
International relations
Twin towns — sister cities Mariestad Municipality is twinned with: Pakruojis, Lithuania
References
Corresponding article on Swedish Wikipedia
External links
Mariestad Municipality - Official site