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Härryda Municipality

Härryda kommun
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Coat of arms of Härryda Municipality
Coat of arms
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Country Sweden
County Västra Götaland County
Seat Mölnlycke
Area
 • Total 292.83 km2 (113.06 sq mi)
 • Land 268.43 km2 (103.64 sq mi)
 • Water 24.4 km2 (9.4 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 34,198
 • Density 116.784/km2 (302.470/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Västergötland
Municipal code 1401
Website www.harryda.se

Härryda Municipality (Härryda kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Mölnlycke, with about 19,000 inhabitants.

Göteborg Landvetter Airport, Sweden's second-largest airport is situated near the locality of Härryda, after which the municipality is named. The airport is named after Landvetter, the second biggest town in the municipality. City Airline has its head office in the Air Cargo Building on the grounds of the airport. Transwede Airways existed, its head office was on the airport property.

Härryda Municipality borders clockwise to the municipalities of Lerum, Bollebygd, Mark, Mölndal, Gothenburg and Partille.

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 coat of arms, just using a logotype.

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Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Härryda 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 38,960 residents, including 28,334 Swedish citizens of voting age. 44.6% voted for the left coalition and 54.4% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

See also

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