Mellerud Municipality
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Melleruds kommun | |
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County | Västra Götaland County |
Province | Dalsland |
Seat | Mellerud |
Area • Total area • Land area |
125th of 290 949.83 km² 514.98 km² |
Population • Total |
223rd of 290 9,623 inhabitants |
Density • Total |
178th of 290 18.7 inhabitants/km² |
Website | http://www.mellerud.se/ |
Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006 |
Mellerud Municipality (Melleruds kommun) 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.
[edit] 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
[edit] External links
- Mellerud Municipality - Official site
- The local newspaper - (TTELA)
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