Editing Herrljunga Municipality

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| name                    = Herrljunga Municipality
| native_name             = ''Herrljunga kommun''<!-- If different from name -->
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'''Herrljunga Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Herrljunga kommun}}) is a [[municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Västra Götaland County]] in western [[Sweden]]. Its seat is located in the town of [[Herrljunga]].

The local government reform of 1952 formed two municipalities, Herrljunga and Gäsene, in the area. Before that the number was 22. In 1974 they were merged to form the present entity.

==Localities==
55% of the population live in built-up areas. The largest of them are:
*[[Annelund]]
*[[Fåglavik]]
*[[Herrljunga]]
*[[Hudene]]
*[[Ljung]]

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Herrljunga 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=HerrljungaVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1466-herrljunga.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Herrljunga i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 9,493 residents, including 7,313 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=HerrljungaVal2022/> 42.5% voted for the left coalition and 55.8% for the right coalition.

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! 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|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
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|-
| align="left" |Gäsene Ö
| 1,385
| 1,110
| 30.5
| 67.2
| 86
| 91
| 9
| 24,931
| 28
|-
| align="left" |Herrljunga C
| 2,560
| 1,877
| 50.6
| 47.8
| 76
| 73
| 27
| 22,599
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Herrljunga V
| 1,829
| 1,425
| 46.4
| 52.8
| 90
| 89
| 11
| 27,265
| 33
|-
| align="left" |Herrljunga Ö
| 1,563
| 1,251
| 40.4
| 57.9
| 82
| 87
| 13
| 24,824
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Ljung
| 2,156
| 1,650
| 40.6
| 57.7
| 82
| 87
| 13
| 24,651
| 28
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=HerrljungaVal2022/>
|}

==Politics==

Since the [[2022 Swedish local elections|2022 election]] the municipal government is controlled by a majority consisting of the [[Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democrats]], [[Left Party (Sweden)|Left Party]], [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]] and [[Liberals (Sweden)|Liberals]] with Mats Palm of the Social Democrats as [[Municipal commissioner#Sweden|commissioner]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Klart med maktskifte i Herrljunga |url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/klart-med-maktskifte-i-herrljunga |last=Dennert |first=Magnus |date=2022-11-22 |access-date=2023-02-26 |work=SVT Nyheter Väst |language=sv}}</ref> The [[Municipal council (Sweden)|municipal council]] of Herrljunga has 34 seats.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.herrljunga.se/kommun-och-politik/politik-och-demokrati/kommunfullmaktige.html |title=Kommunfullmäktige |date=2023-01-04 |access-date=2023-02-26 |publisher=Herrljunga Municipality |language=sv}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.herrljunga.se Herrljunga Municipality] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716082356/http://www.herrljunga.se/ |date=2019-07-16 }} - Official site
*[http://www.herrljungacider.se/ Herrljunga Cider] - In Swedish, English and German
*[http://www.botimes1.com/ Herrljunga Cider UK Distributor] - In English

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Herrljunga
 | N  = [[Vara Municipality|Vara]]
 | E  = [[Falköping Municipality|Falköping]]
 | SE = [[Ulricehamn Municipality|Ulricehamn]]
 | SW = [[Borås Municipality|Borås]]
 | W  = [[Vårgårda Municipality|Vårgårda]]
 | NW = [[Essunga Municipality|Essunga]]
}}
{{Västra Götaland County}}
{{Localities in Herrljunga Municipality}}
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[[Category:Municipalities of Västra Götaland County]]
[[Category:North Älvsborg]]
[[Category:Herrljunga Municipality| ]]