Västerås Municipality () is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Västerås.

The municipality prefers to use the denomination Västerås stad (City of Västerås) for the whole territory, including rural areas.

The municipality evolved gradually during the municipal reforms in Sweden. Most of the amalgamations took place in 1967 and the municipality in its present form was created in 1971. There are 30 original local government units within the present municipality.

Localities As of 2018, there were 17 localities in the municipality:

Demographics This is a demographic table based on Västerås Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 156,510 residents, including 116,663 Swedish citizens of voting age. 46.8% voted for the left coalition and 51.9% for the right coalition. This made Västerås the most populated municipality in which the right coalition won the vote. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location % % 101 Centrum 1,572 1,429 45.8 53.8 75 71 29 26,218 45102 Kyrkbacken 1,480 1,257 42.8 55.5 76 76 24 26,542 56103 Herrgärdet 1,638 1,377 51.7 47.3 79 76 24 27,022 50104 Kopparlunden 1,636 1,136 49.6 49.4 75 55 45 24,841 41105 Östermalm 1,593 1,227 43.9 55.5 79 63 37 30,042 55106 Östra Hamnen 1,694 1,476 40.5 58.8 87 76 24 36,688 65107 Lillåudden 1,606 1,284 39.3 59.6 83 70 30 34,190 63108 Norrmalm/Blåsbo 1,554 1,341 41.6 57.9 87 85 15 29,986 58109 Aroslund/Iggebygärdet 1,679 1,322 45.4 53.4 80 78 22 27,061 53110 Kristiansborg/Karlsdal 1,760 1,372 43.5 55.4 78 74 26 26,914 56111 Annedal/Stallhagen 1,632 1,458 37.3 62.1 85 83 17 34,371 64112 Oxbacken/Västermalm 1,617 1,407 47.2 51.9 81 76 24 25,258 54113 Pettersberg Ö 1,221 1,025 49.4 49.4 83 75 25 26,848 49114 Pettersberg V 3,042 1,619 64.7 29.9 54 21 79 14,560 26115 Jakobsberg 1,801 1,452 40.9 58.4 84 83 17 32,033 66116 Hammarby Stadshage 2,035 1,329 54.0 44.3 69 53 47 20,894 44117 Vetterslund 1,632 1,193 54.3 43.5 77 57 43 24,027 45201 Hammarby Ö 1,956 1,281 51.6 46.9 74 55 45 22,174 40202 Hammarby V 1,617 1,311 57.9 38.1 66 35 65 20,134 33203 Bäckby Ö 2,263 1,498 67.3 28.1 54 29 71 14,871 19204 Bäckby N 2,099 1,287 67.3 28.6 57 20 80 16,691 22205 Bäckby V 1,675 1,245 53.9 45.2 82 55 45 24,954 39206 Bäckby C 1,483 1,106 59.0 38.8 76 44 56 23,031 31207 Bäckby S 1,553 1,197 49.2 48.8 79 47 53 24,481 36208 Skälby V 1,901 1,299 40.7 58.4 83 62 38 29,049 50209 Skälby Ö 1,729 1,216 50.5 47.0 78 59 41 25,896 40210 Stohagen/Spantgatan 1,615 1,287 52.0 46.3 76 71 29 25,615 46211 Enhagen-Ekbacken 1,793 1,279 35.5 64.0 91 88 12 37,334 63212 Barkarö/Tidö-Lindö 1,272 896 32.0 67.3 89 86 14 35,942 57213 Barkarö C 1,778 1,192 39.2 59.6 91 89 11 36,249 70214 Dingtuna-Lillhärad 1,744 1,324 39.6 59.9 88 89 11 31,863 45215 Dingtuna C 1,011 721 37.1 62.6 89 86 14 29,292 39216 Kvicksund/Rytterne 2,073 1,627 36.7 62.6 88 88 12 30,278 51301 Skallberget S 1,678 1,159 57.1 39.9 60 45 55 16,808 30302 Skallberget N 1,382 1,047 56.4 42.6 72 71 29 22,766 38303 Nordanby 1,259 792 52.0 45.3 75 61 39 26,030 47304 Gryta NÖ 1,950 1,460 52.2 47.4 88 82 18 30,799 59305 Gryta NV 1,932 1,399 52.4 46.6 83 77 23 29,409 58306 Önsta 1,737 1,251 48.2 50.9 79 67 33 30,099 53307 Gryta SÖ 1,926 1,374 50.5 48.7 79 68 32 27,773 55308 Gryta SV 1,919 1,348 52.6 45.9 74 67 33 25,773 44309 Tunby-Vega 1,950 1,425 46.2 53.1 80 76 24 28,615 49310 Rönnby S 1,980 1,472 41.3 57.6 89 87 13 33,185 67311 Rönnby N 1,740 1,354 47.2 51.9 82 81 19 24,781 49312 Fredriksberg 2,077 1,349 62.8 34.0 58 32 68 16,915 24313 Råby S 1,621 1,138 61.0 36.5 67 35 65 19,000 35314 Råby N 1,629 1,181 63.9 33.7 66 33 67 18,821 32315 Råby Ö 1,298 946 57.5 41.2 71 45 55 20,007 31316 Vallby S 2,195 1,331 65.4 30.0 55 19 81 14,069 27317 Eriksborg/Hagaberg 1,819 1,324 44.9 53.8 84 59 41 29,016 54318 Brottberga/Vallby N 1,919 1,428 35.3 63.3 82 55 45 30,410 49319 Vallby C/Bjärby 2,255 1,379 48.7 48.0 65 38 62 18,951 33320 Skultuna 1,813 1,254 48.4 50.8 76 76 24 24,698 36321 Skultuna C 2,000 1,381 49.1 50.0 73 70 30 21,414 26322 Haraker Romfartuna 2,043 1,648 38.3 60.0 86 89 11 28,076 39401 Emaus 973 976 48.0 50.3 78 63 37 25,852 59402 Bergslagsparken 1,324 1,071 45.5 53.8 83 75 25 27,075 46403 Gideonsberg 1,754 1,324 53.8 45.7 73 69 31 21,882 41404 Skälängen 1,559 1,313 52.7 46.2 79 72 28 24,541 44405 Nordanby gärde 1,637 1,328 52.5 46.7 81 69 31 25,367 44406 Sandgärdet 1,606 1,292 44.8 53.9 80 77 23 26,067 43407 Haga 1,587 1,326 46.5 52.2 79 74 26 23,222 43408 Skjutbanegatan 1,572 1,344 44.5 54.0 81 71 29 24,856 39409 Hemdal 1,837 1,428 46.7 52.3 78 74 26 26,408 51410 Malmaberg S 1,945 1,551 50.3 48.2 69 68 32 21,297 35411 Malmaberg N 1,775 1,375 50.4 48.9 78 76 24 26,402 51412 Klockartorp 1,793 1,500 45.7 53.2 79 79 21 24,068 37413 Skiljebo S 1,699 1,289 46.5 52.6 87 81 19 31,933 58414 Skiljebo N 1,747 1,333 50.1 47.4 68 63 37 19,881 37415 Odensviplatsen 1,536 1,150 54.6 44.7 78 67 33 21,690 40416 Brandthovda 1,315 984 43.2 56.2 89 83 17 33,273 59417 Bjurhovda SV 1,552 1,042 53.6 44.2 69 52 48 21,272 28418 Bjurhovda SO 1,610 1,136 49.2 48.2 67 64 36 21,772 30419 Bjurhovda N 1,730 1,376 42.8 56.2 90 83 17 31,936 51420 Hökåsen/Tillberga 1,974 1,386 31.8 67.3 88 90 10 31,356 50421 Hökåsen C 1,852 1,315 40.8 58.5 91 86 14 31,319 48422 Tillberga C 2,121 1,563 40.2 59.2 85 88 12 28,097 34423 Tortuna/Sevalla 1,075 844 34.6 63.6 89 93 7 28,982 41501 Viksäng V/Ängsgärdet 1,539 1,353 58.6 39.6 63 53 47 17,488 36502 Viksäng/Stenhagen 1,715 1,373 50.4 47.7 79 72 28 24,536 47503 Viksäng Ö 1,933 1,285 51.0 47.6 81 71 29 26,423 48504 Talltorp/Lillhamra 2,030 1,282 40.2 58.8 88 80 20 35,351 67505 Notudden 1,561 1,244 41.6 57.4 85 65 35 32,065 58506 Mälarparken 1,270 1,029 44.8 54.6 87 77 23 31,394 54507 Framnäs 1,371 1,185 38.7 60.5 87 86 14 34,017 70508 Berghamra/Hamre 2,003 1,416 39.4 59.9 80 83 17 33,632 66509 Gäddeholm 1,316 801 41.1 58.5 94 87 13 39,511 70510 Irsta S 1,282 928 35.4 63.6 90 89 11 30,579 49511 Irsta N 1,464 999 41.8 57.8 91 91 9 33,685 57512 Björksta/Kungsåra 1,518 1,178 37.6 60.8 85 90 10 28,348 38513 Öster Mälarstrand 1,518 1,241 45.0 54.3 86 67 33 32,060 58514 Kärrbolandet 1,541 1,193 35.7 63.7 89 89 11 31,378 51Source: SVT

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities Västerås is twinned with:

References

External links

Västerås Municipality - Official site

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