Varberg Municipality () 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.

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

Location % % Apelviken-Nygård 1,395 1,234 45.0 54.7 86 92 8 30,266 54Barnabro-Lugnet-Getterön 1,481 1,154 56.4 42.4 85 80 20 28,043 48Bläshammar-Trönningenäs 1,982 1,358 46.2 53.0 89 88 12 31,881 51Breared 2,326 1,793 51.7 47.5 88 82 18 28,775 50Brunnsberg-Norrdal 1,809 1,515 50.6 47.6 80 69 31 24,597 39Bua 2,187 1,697 39.1 59.9 85 89 11 26,393 38Derome-Sällstorp 1,424 1,062 38.6 60.3 88 90 10 27,700 30Gamleby 1,741 1,670 45.0 54.0 87 85 15 26,782 45Grimeton-Gödestad 1,868 1,356 40.1 58.6 88 92 8 27,800 35Håsten 2,136 1,517 55.8 42.2 71 61 39 21,117 24Hästhaga-Rosenfred 1,660 1,439 51.0 48.2 84 91 9 28,973 49Karl Gustav-Grimmared 665 526 37.7 61.1 82 92 8 22,932 27Karlberg 1,717 1,329 55.2 44.3 89 88 12 29,582 53Kungsäter-Gunnarsjö 833 660 41.6 57.5 84 89 11 23,427 26Lilla Träslöv 1,604 1,209 48.5 50.2 86 83 17 29,441 51Lindberg-Tofta-Torpa 1,277 939 40.6 58.9 89 92 8 29,282 38Lorensberg-Tranelyckan 1,410 1,244 51.6 47.8 80 91 9 24,614 53Mariedal 1,397 1,133 51.8 47.4 84 83 17 26,583 45Rolfstorp 1,120 827 45.0 53.1 87 91 9 26,819 32Sibbarp-Dagsås 883 670 49.5 49.5 80 88 12 25,230 32Skällinge-Nösslinge 1,100 828 48.2 50.6 86 92 8 26,061 31Spannarp 723 541 41.1 58.0 92 89 11 27,328 32Stenåsa-Äckregården 1,710 1,450 54.0 45.1 84 84 16 26,977 43Stråvalla 1,211 932 41.5 57.8 90 91 9 29,303 40Sörse-Apelvikshöjd 1,940 1,552 60.4 38.1 76 70 30 21,254 38Sörse-Ranelid 1,694 1,369 61.2 37.7 74 70 30 22,158 32Trädlyckan 1,349 1,127 49.5 49.0 85 80 20 26,345 43Träslöv N 1,591 1,159 49.7 49.8 89 93 7 31,778 47Träslöv S 1,763 1,300 49.6 50.3 90 89 11 32,731 54Träslövsläge NV 1,970 1,493 42.3 56.5 89 94 6 30,451 57Träslövsläge SÖ 1,791 1,299 45.1 53.4 87 92 8 29,560 47Tvååker V 2,209 1,611 47.3 51.2 83 83 17 25,432 33Tvååker Ö 1,940 1,452 46.0 53.4 85 88 12 25,917 32Trönninge-Göingegården 2,674 1,863 47.2 51.7 89 85 15 31,022 50Tångaberg-Kärra-Åskloster 1,885 1,515 40.9 57.8 85 91 9 29,498 44Valinge-Stamnared 1,094 823 40.5 58.6 88 94 6 26,535 35Varberg Centrum N 1,723 1,503 50.5 47.8 78 82 18 24,373 42Varberg Centrum S 1,683 1,591 46.9 52.1 82 89 11 26,274 47Veddige V 1,958 1,496 43.9 55.3 86 86 14 25,505 34Veddige Ö 1,463 987 42.1 57.1 81 78 22 23,895 26Värö 2,218 1,746 39.3 60.0 85 88 12 25,372 32Source: SVT

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities The municipality is twinned with:

Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Haderslev Municipality, Denmark Tartumaa, Estonia Uusikaupunki, Finland Sandefjord, Norway

References

External links

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