Härryda Municipality (''Härryda kommun'') is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1 ...

in western

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. Its seat is located in the town of

Mölnlycke Mölnlycke is a small town nearby Greater Gothenburg, a locality and the seat of Härryda Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 17,499 inhabitants in 2019. The urban area stretches over two municipalities. Mölndal Municipality ...

, with about 19,000 inhabitants.

Göteborg Landvetter Airport Göteborg Landvetter Airport () is an international airport serving the Gothenburg (Swedish: ''Göteborg'') region in Sweden. With just over 6.8 million passengers in 2018 it is Sweden's second-largest airport after Stockholm–Arlanda. Landvette ...

, Sweden's second-largest

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is situated near the locality of

Härryda Härryda () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Härryda Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 968 inhabitants in 2010. Despite its name it is not the seat of the Municipalities of Sweden, municipality, which is the mu ...

, after which the municipality is named. The airport is named after

Landvetter Landvetter is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Härryda Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 7,152 inhabitants in 2010. It is the second largest town in the municipality and has given its name to the international a ...

, the second biggest town in the municipality.

City Airline City Airline AB was a regional airline based in the Air Cargo Building on the grounds of Göteborg Landvetter Airport in Landvetter, Härryda Municipality, Sweden. It was privately owned and operated a medium-sized European network from its main ...

has its head office in the Air Cargo Building on the grounds of the airport.

Transwede Airways Transwede Airways AB, was a Swedish charter and later also scheduled airline operating between 1985 and 1998. Based at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Transwede initially flew Sud Aviation Caravelles and from 1987 also McDonnell Douglas MD-80s. Most c ...

existed, its head office was on the airport property. Härryda Municipality borders clockwise to the municipalities of

Lerum Lerum is a locality and the seat of Lerum Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 16,855 inhabitants in 2010. Overview Lerum has a station on the Gothenburg commuter rail system and is a suburb of Gothenburg. The river of Säve ...

, Bollebygd,

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Mölndal Mölndal () is the seat and administrative centre of Mölndal Municipality, located just south of Gothenburg on the west-coast of Sweden. About 40,000 of the municipality's 60,000 inhabitants live in Mölndal proper. Geography Mölndal is located ...

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

and

Partille Partille () is a former urban area in the county of Västra Götaland in Sweden. It is the seat of Partille Municipality Partille Municipality (''Partille kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is l ...

. The present municipality was created in 1971 through the amalgamation of the former municipalities of ''Björketorp'', ''Landvetter'' and ''Råda''. Until November 19, 2007 the municipality was the only one in Sweden lacking a

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, just using a logotype.www.harryda.se

Localities

*Hindås *

*Hällingsjö *

(seat) *Rävlanda

References

External links

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Härryda Municipality
- Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Harryda Municipality Municipalities of Västra Götaland County Metropolitan Gothenburg Gothenburg and Bohus