Editing Skara Municipality

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

The area of the municipality consists of 16 original local government entities. The municipal reform of 1952 grouped them into four new entities. In 1971 the ''City of Skara'' was amalgamated with the rural municipalities to form the present unit.

==Localities==
*[[Ardala]], pop. 745
*[[Axvall]], pop 1 164
*[[Eggby]], pop. 237
*[[Skara]] (seat), pop. 11 437
*[[Varnhem]], pop. 662

Varnhem is renowned for its [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[monastery]].

==Demographics==
This is a demographic table based on Skara 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=SkaraVal2022>{{cite web|url=https://valresultat.svt.se/2022/riksdagsval-1495-skara.html|title=Valresultat 2022 för Skara i riksdagsvalet|publisher=[[Swedish Television|SVT]]|language=sv|date=11 September 2022|access-date=13 January 2024}}</ref>

In total there were 18,708 residents, including 14,210 Swedish citizens of voting age.<ref name=SkaraVal2022/> 46.4% voted for the left coalition and 52.4% 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|Swedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
! style="background:{{party color|Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;" |
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! data-sort-type="number" | 
! data-sort-type="number" | %
! data-sort-type="number" | %
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|-
| align="left" |Ardala
| 1,724
| 1,334
| 35.9
| 62.7
| 88
| 92
| 8
| 26,494
| 27
|-
| align="left" |Axvall
| 1,794
| 1,351
| 42.0
| 56.5
| 80
| 84
| 16
| 25,432
| 40
|-
| align="left" |Centrum
| 1,725
| 1,306
| 51.2
| 47.3
| 66
| 63
| 37
| 18,978
| 30
|-
| align="left" |Gällkvist V-Härlunda
| 1,883
| 1,435
| 45.7
| 53.3
| 82
| 83
| 17
| 25,619
| 29
|-
| align="left" |Gällkvist Ö
| 1,527
| 1,207
| 43.2
| 55.9
| 85
| 87
| 13
| 27,279
| 31
|-
| align="left" |Hindsbo-Händene
| 1,670
| 1,237
| 43.8
| 55.7
| 82
| 79
| 21
| 26,082
| 32
|-
| align="left" |Marieberg
| 2,197
| 1,593
| 51.4
| 47.2
| 71
| 61
| 39
| 21,976
| 25
|-
| align="left" |Skaraberg-Tveta
| 1,999
| 1,557
| 47.3
| 51.8
| 84
| 83
| 17
| 27,649
| 34
|-
| align="left" |Varnhem-Eggby
| 2,045
| 1,625
| 49.4
| 49.1
| 89
| 92
| 8
| 28,115
| 49
|-
| align="left" |Västermalm
| 2,144
| 1,565
| 51.1
| 47.9
| 71
| 67
| 33
| 21,806
| 39
|-
| colspan="10" align="left" |Source: [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]<ref name=SkaraVal2022/>
|}

==See also==
*[[Skaraborg County]]
*[[Diocese of Skara]]
*[[Hans Månsson]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Skara Municipality}}
*[http://www.skara.se/ Skara Municipality] - Official site

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Skara
 | N  = [[Götene Municipality|Götene]]
 | E  = [[Skövde Municipality|Skövde]]
 | S  = [[Falköping Municipality|Falköping]]
 | SW = [[Vara Municipality|Vara]]
 | NW = [[Lidköping Municipality|Lidköping]]
}}
{{Västra Götaland County}}
{{Localities in Skara Municipality}}

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