Mellerud Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County by Lake Vänern in Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Mellerud.
The amalgamation leading to the present municipality took place in 1969 when "old" Mellerud (instituted as a market town (köping) in 1908) was merged with Bolstad, Kroppefjäll and Skållerud. Before the municipal reform of 1952 there were ten entities in the area.
Localities Population figures from Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005.
Mellerud, 3,796 Dals Rostock, 885 Åsensbruk, 530 Bränna, 228 Dalskog, 151 Håverud, 150 Köpmannebro, 76 Erikstad, 58
Demographics This is a demographic table based on Mellerud 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 9,235 residents, including 6,919 Swedish citizens of voting age. 39.5% voted for the left coalition and 58.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
Location % % Bolstad 1,204 935 36.4 63.0 86 91 9 25,250 26Fagerlid/Järn 2,190 1,708 38.2 60.1 80 81 19 24,064 27Mellerud/Holm 2,672 1,817 42.0 55.5 69 62 38 19,674 29Rostock/Dalskog/Ör 1,971 1,545 37.3 61.0 80 88 12 23,099 29Skållerud 1,198 914 43.1 55.1 72 78 22 21,677 30Source: SVT
References
External links
Mellerud Municipality - Official site The local newspaper - (TTELA)