Kungsbacka Municipality

Kungsbacka Municipality (Kungsbacka kommun) is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast, some 30 km south of Gothenburg. The municipal seat is located in the town Kungsbacka.

In 1969 Tölö was merged into the City of Kungsbacka. In 1971 the municipality was created when the city amalgamated with Särö. The final step was taken in 1974 when three more former municipalities were added to form the new entity.

Kungsbacka Municipality is closely integrated in the region of Metropolitan Gothenburg, but despite this it is administratively not a part of Västra Götaland County like the rest of the region.

A local geographical landmark is the glacial ridge Fjärås bräcka, to the south of Kungsbacka, but it is the coast that is the predominant geographical feature.

Localities

There are 22 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Kungsbacka Municipality.

In the table the localities are listed according to the size of the population as of December 31, 2005. The municipal seat is in bold characters.

#	Locality	Population
1	Kungsbacka	17,784
2	Onsala	11,375
3	Billdal 1)	9,609
4	Åsa	3,218
5	Särö	2,982
6	Fjärås kyrkby	2,213
7	Frillesås 2)	1,924
8	Backa	1,516
9	Vallda	1,439
10	Anneberg	1,398
11	Västra Hagen	810
12	Ölmanäs	787
13	Buerås	556
14	Halla Heberg	509
15	Lerkil	411
16	Gundal och Högås	363
17	Hagryd-Dala	355
18	Hjälmared	341
19	Brattås	339
20	Kläppa	298
21	Hjälm	251
22	Röda holme	201

1) Billdal is a bimunicipal [1] locality. About 3,000 of the inhabitants are in Gothenburg Municipality

2) A minor part of Frillesås is in Varberg Municipality

References

• Statistics Sweden

External links

• Kungsbacka Municipality - Official site