Varberg Municipality

Varberg Municipality

*Varbergs kommun*
Varberg Municipality Varbergs kommun
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 57°06′N 12°15′E / 57.1°N 12.25°E
Country	Sweden
County	Halland County
Seat	Varberg
Area
• Total	1,703.35 km2 (657.67 sq mi)
• Land	868.71 km2 (335.41 sq mi)
• Water	834.64 km2 (322.26 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)
• Total	68,325
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Halland and Västergötland
Municipal code	1383
Website	www.varberg.se

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.

#	Locality	Population
1	Varberg	26,041
2	Tvååker	2,390
3	Veddige	2,192
4	Träslövsläge	1,985
5	Bua	1,792
6	Trönninge	847
7	Skällinge	603
8	Södra Näs	600
9	Väröbacka	521
10	Rolfstorp	502
11	Tångaberg	445
12	Åsby	429
13	Kungsäter	360
14	Tofta	350
15	Himle	259
16	Löftaskog	226

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Varberg Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 66,604 inhabitants, including 51,969 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 47.3% voted for the left coalition and 51.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.