Ulricehamn Municipality () is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in
Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County () 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 1,616,000 amounts to 17% of S ...
in western
Sweden
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. Its seat is located in the
city
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of
Ulricehamn
Ulricehamn is a locality and the seat of Ulricehamn Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, with 9,787 inhabitants in 2010.
History
Ulricehamn, originally known as ''Bogesund'', has been populated at least since the Middle Ages. The town ...
.
The present municipality was created in 1974 when the former City of Ulricehamn was merged with three former rural municipalities (themselves established through amalgamations of minor units in 1952).
Localities
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Blidsberg
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Dalum
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Gällstad
Gällstad is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Ulricehamn Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 471 inhabitants in 2010.
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Gällstad:
* Gällstads FK
Notable people
* J. H ...
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Hulu
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Hökerum
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Marbäck
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Nitta
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Rånnaväg
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Timmele
Timmele is a locality situated in Ulricehamn Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
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Trädet
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Ulricehamn
Ulricehamn is a locality and the seat of Ulricehamn Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, with 9,787 inhabitants in 2010.
History
Ulricehamn, originally known as ''Bogesund'', has been populated at least since the Middle Ages. The town ...
(seat)
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Vegby
*
Älmestad
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Ulricehamn Municipality's electoral districts in the
2022 Swedish general election
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sourced from
SVT's election platform, in turn taken from
SCB official statistics.
In total there were 24,871 residents, including 18,972 Swedish citizens of voting age.
[ 43.9% voted for the left coalition and 54.8% for the right coalition.
]
References
External links
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Ulricehamn Municipality
- Official site
Ulricehamn Tourism
- In Swedish, English and German
- From Nordisk Familjebok
(, 'Nordic Family Book') is a Swedish language, Swedish encyclopedia that was published in print from between 1876 and 1993, and that is now fully available in digital form via Project Runeberg at Linköping University. The public domain edit ...
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Municipalities of Västra Götaland County