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Uddevalla Municipality

Uddevalla kommun
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Coat of arms of Uddevalla Municipality
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Country Sweden
County Västra Götaland County
Seat Uddevalla
Area
 • Total 737.1 km2 (284.6 sq mi)
 • Land 641.93 km2 (247.85 sq mi)
 • Water 95.17 km2 (36.75 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 51,840
 • Density 70.330/km2 (182.153/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Bohuslän
Municipal code 1485
Website www.uddevalla.se

Uddevalla Municipality (Swedish: Uddevalla kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Uddevalla.

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Uddevalla (which had absorbed the rural municipality Bäve in 1945) was amalgamated with the surrounding municipalities Forshälla, Lane-Ryr, Ljungskile, Skredsvik and parts of Skaftö.

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Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Uddevalla 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 57,031 residents, including 43,062 Swedish citizens of voting age. 45.7% voted for the left coalition and 52.3% for the right coalition.

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