Vara Municipality

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'''Vara Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Vara kommun}}) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vara.

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

==Demographics== This is a demographic table based on Vara Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.<ref name=VaraVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1470-vara.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Vara i riksdagsvalet|publisher=SVT|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 16,140 residents, including 12,219 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=VaraVal2022/> 38.2% voted for the left coalition and 61.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

{| role="presentation" class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" ! rowspan="3" |Location ! {{tooltip|2=Number of residents in district, regardless of age or citizenship status|Residents}} ! {{tooltip|2=Swedish citizens above the age of 18, automatically eligible to vote|Citizen {{br}} adults}} ! {{tooltip|2=Social Democrats, Left Party, Centre Party, Green Party, %|Left vote}} ! {{tooltip|2=Sweden Democrats, Moderates, Christian Democrats, Liberals, %|Right vote}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers, %|Employed}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born in Sweden with at least one Swedish-born parent, %|Swedish {{br}} parents}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as residents born abroad or in Sweden with two foreign-born parents, %|Foreign {{br}} heritage}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as the median income received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor|Income {{br}} SEK}} ! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}} |- ! ! ! style="background:{{party color|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" | ! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" | ! ! ! ! ! |- ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | % ! data-sort-type="number" | % ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | ! data-sort-type="number" | |- | align="left" |Arentorp | 1,697 | 1,301 | 38.5 | 60.2 | 83 | 92 | 8 | 25,551 | 28 |- | align="left" |Kvänum | 2,311 | 1,618 | 36.3 | 63.0 | 75 | 81 | 19 | 22,541 | 23 |- | align="left" |Larv | 1,360 | 1,045 | 32.7 | 65.9 | 84 | 89 | 11 | 25,014 | 29 |- | align="left" |Levene | 1,742 | 1,368 | 38.7 | 61.0 | 83 | 89 | 11 | 24,336 | 31 |- | align="left" |Skarstad | 1,775 | 1,341 | 32.9 | 66.3 | 82 | 87 | 13 | 24,772 | 25 |- | align="left" |Vara C | 1,451 | 1,160 | 39.4 | 59.6 | 77 | 80 | 20 | 21,099 | 23 |- | align="left" |Vara V | 1,724 | 1,371 | 40.0 | 59.3 | 86 | 93 | 7 | 27,457 | 36 |- | align="left" |Vara Ö | 1,973 | 1,440 | 44.6 | 54.8 | 74 | 77 | 23 | 23,520 | 28 |- | align="left" |Vedum | 2,107 | 1,575 | 40.1 | 59.2 | 79 | 86 | 14 | 24,560 | 22 |- | colspan="10" align="left" |Source: SVT<ref name=VaraVal2022/> |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *[http://www.vara.se Vara Municipality] - Official site

{{Geographic location | Centre = Vara | N = Lidköping | NE = Skara | E = Falköping | S = Herrljunga | W = Grästorp<br/>Essunga }} {{Västra Götaland County}} {{Localities in Vara Municipality}}

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