Uddevalla Municipality

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

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Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 58°21′N 11°55′E / 58.350°N 11.917°E / 58.350; 11.917
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Uddevalla
Area ^[1]
• Total	733.03 km^2 (283.02 sq mi)
• Land	637.69 km^2 (246.21 sq mi)
• Water	95.34 km^2 (36.81 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2021)^[2]
• Total	57,122
• Density	78/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Bohuslän
Municipal code	1485
Website	www.uddevalla.se

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Uddevalla (which had absorbed the rural municipality Bäve in 1945) was amalgamated with the surrounding municipalities Forshälla, Lane-Ryr, Ljungskile, Skredsvik and parts of Skaftö.

Localities

• Ammenäs
• Fagerhult
• Herrestad
• Hogstorp
• Ljungskile
• Sunningen
• Uddevalla (seat)

References

1. (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
2. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.

External links

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