Editing Mellerud Municipality

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'''Mellerud Municipality''' ({{langx|sv|Melleruds kommun}}) is a [[municipalities of Sweden|municipality]] in [[Västra Götaland County]] by [[Vänern|Lake Vänern]] in [[Sweden]]. Its seat is located in the town of [[Mellerud]].

The amalgamation leading to the present municipality took place in 1969 when "old" Mellerud (instituted as a market town (''[[köping]]'') in 1908) was merged with Bolstad, Kroppefjäll and Skållerud. Before the municipal reform of 1952 there were ten entities in the area.

==Localities==
Population figures from [[Statistics Sweden]] as of December 31, 2005.

*[[Mellerud]], 3,796
*[[Dals Rostock]], 885
*[[Åsensbruk]], 530
*[[Bränna]], 228
*[[Dalskog]], 151
*[[Håverud]], 150
*[[Köpmannebro]], 76
*[[Erikstad]], 58

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Mellerud 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=MellerudVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1461-mellerud.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Mellerud i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|accessdate=27 December 2023}}</ref>

In total there were 9,235 residents, including 6,919 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=MellerudVal2022/> 39.5% voted for the left coalition and 58.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

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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|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
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|-
| align="left" |Bolstad
| 1,204
| 935
| 36.4
| 63.0
| 86
| 91
| 9
| 25,250
| 26
|-
| align="left" |Fagerlid/Järn
| 2,190
| 1,708
| 38.2
| 60.1
| 80
| 81
| 19
| 24,064
| 27
|-
| align="left" |Mellerud/Holm
| 2,672
| 1,817
| 42.0
| 55.5
| 69
| 62
| 38
| 19,674
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Rostock/Dalskog/Ör
| 1,971
| 1,545
| 37.3
| 61.0
| 80
| 88
| 12
| 23,099
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Skållerud
| 1,198
| 914
| 43.1
| 55.1
| 72
| 78
| 22
| 21,677
| 30
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=MellerudVal2022/>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*[http://www.mellerud.se Mellerud Municipality] - Official site
*[http://www.ttela.se The local newspaper] - ([[TTELA]])

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Mellerud
 | N  = [[Åmål Municipality|Åmål]]
 | E  = ''[[Vänern]]''
 | S  = [[Vänersborg Municipality|Vänersborg]]
 | W  = [[Färgelanda Municipality|Färgelanda]]
 | NW = [[Bengtsfors Municipality|Bengtsfors]]
}}
{{Västra Götaland County}}
{{Localities in Mellerud Municipality}}
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