Editing Munkedal Municipality

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

The nationwide municipal reform of 1952 saw the creation of Munkedal, Svarteborg, Sörbygden and Ödeborg as larger rural municipalities. As early as 1967 Ödeborg was dissolved and parts of it added to Munkedal. Finally, in 1974 Svarteborg and Sörbygden were merged into Munkedal forming the present unit.

==Etymology==
The municipality is named after the old farm Munkedal. This farm was owned by the monks at [[Dragsmark Abbey]]. The last element is ''dal'' 'dale, valley'.

==Geography==
Munkedal is located 110&nbsp;km north of [[Gothenburg]]. The geography is a varied terrain, covered with part forests, part mountains, part plains and part lakes and streams.

===Localities===
Inhabitants 2005:
*[[Munkedal]]  	3,838 (seat)
*[[Dingle, Sweden|Dingle]] 	889
*[[Hällevadsholm]] 	723
*[[Hedekas]] 	358

===Subdivisions===
Munkedal has 8 [[parish]]es, within the [[Diocese of Gothenburg]], the sub divisioning used by the [[Church of Sweden]]. Their inhabitants 1 January 2005 and changes since 1 January 2004 are:

*Foss  	5,020  	-52
*Svarteborg 	2,683 	+12
*Krokstad 	1,043 	+-0
*Håby 	468 	+12
*Hede 	495 	+10
*Bärfendal 	248 	+8
*Valbo Ryr 	262 	-9
*Sanne 	186 	-10

Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20050205221158/http://www.munkedal.se/net/Munkedalskommun/Kommunen/Statistik]

==History==
This area in western [[Sweden]], by the [[Norway|Norwegian]] border, has been inhabited perhaps longer than any other in Sweden. Distinctives for Munkedal are some tools that have been dated to 8000 BC, found around 1900 at a farm named Herregårda. There is also a [[petroglyph]] area called Lökeberg på Tungenäset, dated to the [[Nordic Bronze Age]].

In the [[Middle Ages|medieval age]], a [[monastery]] of Dragsmark was located within the current municipal borders. It subsequently led to the name Munkedal, and the names chosen for the municipality when it was established in 1974 with the reform. The [[coat of arms]] also portrait a medieval scroll and writing pen, characteristics for monks.

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Munkedal 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=MunkedalVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1430-munkedal.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Munkedal i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>

Residents include everyone registered as living in the district, regardless of age or citizenship status. Valid voters indicate Swedish citizens above the age of 18 who therefore can vote in general elections. Left vote and right vote indicate the result between the two major blocs in said district in the 2022 general election. Employment indicates the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers. Foreign background is defined as residents either born abroad or with two parents born outside of Sweden. Median income is the received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in [[Swedish kronor]]. The section about college graduates indicates any degree accumulated after high school.

In total there were 10,571 residents, including 8,038 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=MunkedalVal2022/> 40.3% voted for the left coalition and 58.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

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! {{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}}
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! {{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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| align="left" |Dingle-Bärfendal
| 1,403
| 1,111
| 43.2
| 55.0
| 77
| 86
| 14
| 22,656
| 21
|-
| align="left" |Hällevadsholm-Svarteborg
| 1,512
| 1,173
| 36.2
| 61.5
| 80
| 89
| 11
| 24,402
| 22
|-
| align="left" |Munkedal 1-S
| 1,661
| 1,288
| 40.3
| 58.6
| 83
| 88
| 12
| 25,984
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Munkedal 2-C-V
| 2,406
| 1,756
| 48.1
| 50.4
| 72
| 74
| 26
| 21,329
| 26
|-
| align="left" |Munkedal 3-N
| 2,099
| 1,557
| 42.8
| 56.4
| 83
| 90
| 10
| 26,835
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Sörbygden
| 1,490
| 1,153
| 29.1
| 68.8
| 80
| 88
| 12
| 22,204
| 23
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=MunkedalVal2022/>
|}

==Notability==
The Munkedal Railroad, a [[narrow gauge railways|narrow gauge]] museum railroad, inaugurated in 1896. A railroad museum is also situated by it.

The area, troubled by battles between [[Norway|Norwegian]] and [[Sweden|Swedish]] armies, has several defence structures that can be visited. In addition, there are many old churches from the [[Middle Ages|medieval age]] of interest.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.munkedal.se Munkedal Municipality] - Official site
*{{in lang|sv}} [https://runeberg.org/nfbr/0699.html Article Munkedal] from [[Nordisk Familjebok]]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Munkedal
 | N  = [[Dals-Ed Municipality|Dals-Ed]]
 | E  = [[Färgelanda Municipality|Färgelanda]]
 | S  = [[Uddevalla Municipality|Uddevalla]]
 | SW = [[Lysekil Municipality|Lysekil]]
 | W  = [[Tanum Municipality|Tanum]]<br/>[[Sotenäs Municipality|Sotenäs]]
}}
{{Västra Götaland County}}
{{Localities in Munkedal Municipality}}
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