Varberg Municipality

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Varbergs kommun
County	Halland County
Province	Halland and Västergötland
Seat	Varberg
Area  • Total area  • Land area	127th of 290 913.86 km² 874.20 km²
Population  • Total	38th of 290 56,240 inhabitants
Density  • Total	63.4 inhabitants/km²
Website	http://www.varberg.se/
Area and population as of December 31, 2006

Varberg Municipality (Varbergs kommun) is a municipality in Halland County, in southwest Sweden. Its seat is in Varberg.

It was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of the City of Varberg and the surrounding rural municipalities. There are 25 original local government entities included in the municipality.

5,000 people are commuting out from the municipality, mainly to Gothenburg and Falkenberg. 3,200 people are commuting into Falkenberg.

Localities

There are 16 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Varberg Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

References

• Statistics Sweden

External links

• Varberg Municipality - Official site
• Halland County Museum at Varberg - Official site
• Coat of arms