Vara Municipality

Vara Municipality (Vara kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vara.

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Municipality
Vara Railway Station
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Vara
Area [1]
• Total	700.604375 km^2 (270.504861 sq mi)
• Land	696.914375 km^2 (269.080145 sq mi)
• Water	3.69 km^2 (1.42 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2019)[2]
• Total	16,024
• Density	23/km^2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland
Municipal code	1470
Website	www.vara.se

The present municipality consists of 25 original local government entities (as of 1863). Between 1974 and 1982 the territory of present Essunga Municipality was also included.

Districts

• Bitterna
• Edsvära
• Eling
• Fyrunga
• Hällum
• Jung
• Kvänum
• Larv
• Laske-Vedum
• Levene
• Long
• Längjum
• Naum
• Norra Vånga
• Ryda
• Skarstad
• Slädene
• Sparlösa
• Södra Kedum
• Södra Lundby
• Tråvad
• Vara
• Önum
• Öttum

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.
2. "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.

External links

• Vara Municipality - Official site