Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden
Västerås Municipality (Västerås kommun ) is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden . Its seat is located in the city of Västerås .
The municipality prefers to use the denomination Västerås stad (City of Västerås ) for the whole territory, including rural areas.
The municipality evolved gradually during the municipal reforms in Sweden. Most of the amalgamations took place in 1967 and the municipality in its present form was created in 1971. There are 30 original local government units within the present municipality.
Localities
As of 2018, there were 17 localities in the municipality:[ 3]
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Västerås Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT 's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[ 4]
In total there were 156,510 residents, including 116,663 Swedish citizens of voting age.[ 4] 46.8% voted for the left coalition and 51.9% for the right coalition. This made Västerås the most populated municipality in which the right coalition won the vote. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
Location
%
%
101 Centrum
1,572
1,429
45.8
53.8
75
71
29
26,218
45
102 Kyrkbacken
1,480
1,257
42.8
55.5
76
76
24
26,542
56
103 Herrgärdet
1,638
1,377
51.7
47.3
79
76
24
27,022
50
104 Kopparlunden
1,636
1,136
49.6
49.4
75
55
45
24,841
41
105 Östermalm
1,593
1,227
43.9
55.5
79
63
37
30,042
55
106 Östra Hamnen
1,694
1,476
40.5
58.8
87
76
24
36,688
65
107 Lillåudden
1,606
1,284
39.3
59.6
83
70
30
34,190
63
108 Norrmalm/Blåsbo
1,554
1,341
41.6
57.9
87
85
15
29,986
58
109 Aroslund/Iggebygärdet
1,679
1,322
45.4
53.4
80
78
22
27,061
53
110 Kristiansborg/Karlsdal
1,760
1,372
43.5
55.4
78
74
26
26,914
56
111 Annedal/Stallhagen
1,632
1,458
37.3
62.1
85
83
17
34,371
64
112 Oxbacken/Västermalm
1,617
1,407
47.2
51.9
81
76
24
25,258
54
113 Pettersberg Ö
1,221
1,025
49.4
49.4
83
75
25
26,848
49
114 Pettersberg V
3,042
1,619
64.7
29.9
54
21
79
14,560
26
115 Jakobsberg
1,801
1,452
40.9
58.4
84
83
17
32,033
66
116 Hammarby Stadshage
2,035
1,329
54.0
44.3
69
53
47
20,894
44
117 Vetterslund
1,632
1,193
54.3
43.5
77
57
43
24,027
45
201 Hammarby Ö
1,956
1,281
51.6
46.9
74
55
45
22,174
40
202 Hammarby V
1,617
1,311
57.9
38.1
66
35
65
20,134
33
203 Bäckby Ö
2,263
1,498
67.3
28.1
54
29
71
14,871
19
204 Bäckby N
2,099
1,287
67.3
28.6
57
20
80
16,691
22
205 Bäckby V
1,675
1,245
53.9
45.2
82
55
45
24,954
39
206 Bäckby C
1,483
1,106
59.0
38.8
76
44
56
23,031
31
207 Bäckby S
1,553
1,197
49.2
48.8
79
47
53
24,481
36
208 Skälby V
1,901
1,299
40.7
58.4
83
62
38
29,049
50
209 Skälby Ö
1,729
1,216
50.5
47.0
78
59
41
25,896
40
210 Stohagen/Spantgatan
1,615
1,287
52.0
46.3
76
71
29
25,615
46
211 Enhagen-Ekbacken
1,793
1,279
35.5
64.0
91
88
12
37,334
63
212 Barkarö/Tidö-Lindö
1,272
896
32.0
67.3
89
86
14
35,942
57
213 Barkarö C
1,778
1,192
39.2
59.6
91
89
11
36,249
70
214 Dingtuna-Lillhärad
1,744
1,324
39.6
59.9
88
89
11
31,863
45
215 Dingtuna C
1,011
721
37.1
62.6
89
86
14
29,292
39
216 Kvicksund/Rytterne
2,073
1,627
36.7
62.6
88
88
12
30,278
51
301 Skallberget S
1,678
1,159
57.1
39.9
60
45
55
16,808
30
302 Skallberget N
1,382
1,047
56.4
42.6
72
71
29
22,766
38
303 Nordanby
1,259
792
52.0
45.3
75
61
39
26,030
47
304 Gryta NÖ
1,950
1,460
52.2
47.4
88
82
18
30,799
59
305 Gryta NV
1,932
1,399
52.4
46.6
83
77
23
29,409
58
306 Önsta
1,737
1,251
48.2
50.9
79
67
33
30,099
53
307 Gryta SÖ
1,926
1,374
50.5
48.7
79
68
32
27,773
55
308 Gryta SV
1,919
1,348
52.6
45.9
74
67
33
25,773
44
309 Tunby-Vega
1,950
1,425
46.2
53.1
80
76
24
28,615
49
310 Rönnby S
1,980
1,472
41.3
57.6
89
87
13
33,185
67
311 Rönnby N
1,740
1,354
47.2
51.9
82
81
19
24,781
49
312 Fredriksberg
2,077
1,349
62.8
34.0
58
32
68
16,915
24
313 Råby S
1,621
1,138
61.0
36.5
67
35
65
19,000
35
314 Råby N
1,629
1,181
63.9
33.7
66
33
67
18,821
32
315 Råby Ö
1,298
946
57.5
41.2
71
45
55
20,007
31
316 Vallby S
2,195
1,331
65.4
30.0
55
19
81
14,069
27
317 Eriksborg/Hagaberg
1,819
1,324
44.9
53.8
84
59
41
29,016
54
318 Brottberga/Vallby N
1,919
1,428
35.3
63.3
82
55
45
30,410
49
319 Vallby C/Bjärby
2,255
1,379
48.7
48.0
65
38
62
18,951
33
320 Skultuna
1,813
1,254
48.4
50.8
76
76
24
24,698
36
321 Skultuna C
2,000
1,381
49.1
50.0
73
70
30
21,414
26
322 Haraker Romfartuna
2,043
1,648
38.3
60.0
86
89
11
28,076
39
401 Emaus
973
976
48.0
50.3
78
63
37
25,852
59
402 Bergslagsparken
1,324
1,071
45.5
53.8
83
75
25
27,075
46
403 Gideonsberg
1,754
1,324
53.8
45.7
73
69
31
21,882
41
404 Skälängen
1,559
1,313
52.7
46.2
79
72
28
24,541
44
405 Nordanby gärde
1,637
1,328
52.5
46.7
81
69
31
25,367
44
406 Sandgärdet
1,606
1,292
44.8
53.9
80
77
23
26,067
43
407 Haga
1,587
1,326
46.5
52.2
79
74
26
23,222
43
408 Skjutbanegatan
1,572
1,344
44.5
54.0
81
71
29
24,856
39
409 Hemdal
1,837
1,428
46.7
52.3
78
74
26
26,408
51
410 Malmaberg S
1,945
1,551
50.3
48.2
69
68
32
21,297
35
411 Malmaberg N
1,775
1,375
50.4
48.9
78
76
24
26,402
51
412 Klockartorp
1,793
1,500
45.7
53.2
79
79
21
24,068
37
413 Skiljebo S
1,699
1,289
46.5
52.6
87
81
19
31,933
58
414 Skiljebo N
1,747
1,333
50.1
47.4
68
63
37
19,881
37
415 Odensviplatsen
1,536
1,150
54.6
44.7
78
67
33
21,690
40
416 Brandthovda
1,315
984
43.2
56.2
89
83
17
33,273
59
417 Bjurhovda SV
1,552
1,042
53.6
44.2
69
52
48
21,272
28
418 Bjurhovda SO
1,610
1,136
49.2
48.2
67
64
36
21,772
30
419 Bjurhovda N
1,730
1,376
42.8
56.2
90
83
17
31,936
51
420 Hökåsen/Tillberga
1,974
1,386
31.8
67.3
88
90
10
31,356
50
421 Hökåsen C
1,852
1,315
40.8
58.5
91
86
14
31,319
48
422 Tillberga C
2,121
1,563
40.2
59.2
85
88
12
28,097
34
423 Tortuna/Sevalla
1,075
844
34.6
63.6
89
93
7
28,982
41
501 Viksäng V/Ängsgärdet
1,539
1,353
58.6
39.6
63
53
47
17,488
36
502 Viksäng/Stenhagen
1,715
1,373
50.4
47.7
79
72
28
24,536
47
503 Viksäng Ö
1,933
1,285
51.0
47.6
81
71
29
26,423
48
504 Talltorp/Lillhamra
2,030
1,282
40.2
58.8
88
80
20
35,351
67
505 Notudden
1,561
1,244
41.6
57.4
85
65
35
32,065
58
506 Mälarparken
1,270
1,029
44.8
54.6
87
77
23
31,394
54
507 Framnäs
1,371
1,185
38.7
60.5
87
86
14
34,017
70
508 Berghamra/Hamre
2,003
1,416
39.4
59.9
80
83
17
33,632
66
509 Gäddeholm
1,316
801
41.1
58.5
94
87
13
39,511
70
510 Irsta S
1,282
928
35.4
63.6
90
89
11
30,579
49
511 Irsta N
1,464
999
41.8
57.8
91
91
9
33,685
57
512 Björksta/Kungsåra
1,518
1,178
37.6
60.8
85
90
10
28,348
38
513 Öster Mälarstrand
1,518
1,241
45.0
54.3
86
67
33
32,060
58
514 Kärrbolandet
1,541
1,193
35.7
63.7
89
89
11
31,378
51
Source: SVT [ 4]
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Västerås is twinned with:[ 5]
References
External links
Places adjacent to Västerås Municipality
Municipalities Municipal seats
International National Geographic