Mölndal Municipality

Mölndal Municipality (Mölndals kommun or Mölndals stad) is a municipality in Västra Götaland in western Sweden, just south of Gothenburg. Its seat is located in Mölndal, which lies within the Gothenburg urban area, and the whole municipality is part of Metropolitan Gothenburg.

Mölndal Municipality

Mölndals kommun
Municipality
Mölndal City Hall
Coat of arms
CountrySweden
CountyVästra Götaland County
SeatMölndal
Area
 • Total152.28 km2 (58.80 sq mi)
 • Land145.84 km2 (56.31 sq mi)
 • Water6.44 km2 (2.49 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (December 31, 2019)
 • Total69,364
 • Density460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVästergötland and Halland
Municipal code1481
Websitewww.molndal.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

In 1911 a municipalsamhälle (a kind of borough within a rural municipality, handling matters of urban character) named Mölndal was instituted in the municipality of Fässberg. In 1922 Fässberg was made the City of Mölndal. In 1971 it was amalgamated with Kållered and Lindome (the latter transferred from Halland County). At the same time it became a municipality of unitary type, like all others in the country. The municipality prefers, however, to style itself Mölndals stad (City of Mölndal) as a semi-official name whenever legally possible. This usage has no effect on the status of the municipality.

Population figures

The municipality has four main parts: Mölndal, Kållered, Lindome and Hällesåker.

  • Mölndal has 37,131 inhabitants (a part of the contiguous Gothenburg urban area)
  • Kållered has 7,257 inhabitants
  • Lindome has 13,364 inhabitants
  • Hällesåker has 900 inhabitants

Numbers from 2003.

Notable residents

Affiliations

Mölndal Municipality is twinned with the following towns:

Sights of interest
  • Gunnebo House from the 18th century.
  • Fässberg Church from the 19th century

See also

References
  1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

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