Editing Grästorp Municipality

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| name                    = Grästorp Municipality
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'''Grästorp Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Grästorps kommun}}) is a  [[municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Västra Götaland County]] in western [[Sweden]]. Its seat is located in the town of [[Grästorp]].

Grästorp Municipality is located right in the middle of Västra Götaland County, by the shores of [[Vänern|Lake Vänern]].

==History==
[[Image:Runsten vid Sal kyrka 001.jpg|thumb|left|110px|[[Runestone]] by Sal church]]
In the year 1900 the village [[Grästorp]] was detached from Tengene and made a market town (''[[köping]]''). The local government reform of 1952 amalgamated it with twelve surrounding municipalities (among them Tengene). The 1971 reform made the term ''köping'' obsolete, thus forming Grästorps kommun without amendment of territory.

The area has been inhabited at least since the [[Viking Age]] as it contains several [[runestone]]s. The runestone at the church at Sal has an inscription that reads "''Torgård satte denna sten efter Toke, sin frände''", meaning "Torgård raised this stone for Toke, his kinsman".
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==Localities==
The seat [[Grästorp]] (pop. 3,000) is the only built-up [[urban areas in Sweden|locality]] with more than 200 inhabitants in this predominantly rural area.

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Grästorp Municipality's electoral districts in the [[2022 Swedish general election]] sourced from [[Swedish Television|SVT]]'s election platform, in turn taken from [[Statistiska Centralbyrån|SCB]] official statistics.<ref name=GrästorpVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1445-essunga.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Grästorp i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 5,727 residents, including 4,530 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=GrästorpVal2022/> 39.2% voted for the left coalition and 59.5% 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}} [[Swedish kronor|SEK]]}}
! {{tooltip|2=Defined by Statistiska Centralbyrån (SCB) as any degree accumulated after high school, %|Degree}}
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! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
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! data-sort-type="number" | %
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|-
| align="left" |Grästorp N
| 1,808
| 1,441
| 40.7
| 57.7
| 80
| 88
| 12
| 23,650
| 26
|-
| align="left" |Grästorp rural
| 2,107
| 1,683
| 36.4
| 62.1
| 82
| 90
| 10
| 25,313
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Grästorp S
| 1,812
| 1,406
| 42.4
| 57.0
| 89
| 93
| 7
| 25,858
| 38
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=GrästorpVal2022/>
|}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.grastorp.se/ Grästorp Municipality] - Official site

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Grästorp
 | N  = ''[[Vänern]]''
 | NE = [[Lidköping Municipality|Lidköping]]
 | E  = [[Vara Municipality|Vara]]
 | S  = [[Essunga Municipality|Essunga]]
 | SW = [[Trollhättan Municipality|Trollhättan]]
 | W  = [[Vänersborg Municipality|Vänersborg]]
}}
{{Västra Götaland County}}
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