Mölndal Municipality (''Mölndals kommun'' or ''Mölndals stad'') is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

in Västra Götaland in western Sweden, just south of Gothenburg. Its seat is located in

Mölndal Mölndal () is the seat and administrative centre of Mölndal Municipality, located just south of Gothenburg on the west-coast of Sweden. About 40,000 of the municipality's 60,000 inhabitants live in Mölndal proper. Geography Mölndal is locate ...

, which lies within the

Gothenburg urban area Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a ...

, and the whole municipality is part of

Metropolitan Gothenburg Sweden has three metropolitan areas consisting of the areas surrounding the three largest cities, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. The statistics have been retrieved from Statistics Sweden and the statistics released on 10 November 2014. The offic ...

. In 1911 a ''municipalsamhälle'' (a kind of

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle A ...

within a rural municipality, handling matters of urban character) named Mölndal was instituted in the municipality of Fässberg. In 1922 Fässberg was made the ''City of Mölndal''. In 1971 it was amalgamated with Kållered and Lindome (the latter transferred from

Halland County Halland County ( sv, Hallands län, link=no, ) is a county (''län'') on the western coast of Sweden. It corresponds roughly to the cultural and historical province of Halland. The capital is Halmstad. It borders the counties of Västra Götal ...

). At the same time it became a municipality of unitary type, like all others in the country. The municipality prefers, however, to style itself ''Mölndals stad'' (''City of Mölndal'') as a semi-official name whenever legally possible. This usage has no effect on the status of the municipality.

Demographics

The municipality has four main parts:

, Kållered,

Lindome Lindome () is a civil parish and a locality situated in Mölndal Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 13,830 inhabitants in the parish in 2009 (11,037 inhabitants in the locality in 2010). The Swedish comic creator Rune Andreasson ...

and Hällesåker. *

has 37,131 inhabitants (a part of the contiguous

) *Kållered has 7,257 inhabitants *Lindome has 13,364 inhabitants *Hällesåker has 900 inhabitants Numbers from 2003.

Sights of interest

Gunnebo House Gunnebo House (Swedish: Gunnebo slott) is a mansion located outside Gothenburg, in Mölndal Municipality, Sweden. History The estate consists of a main building from the end of the 18th century, built by merchant John Hall, and drawn by ...

from the 18th century. * Fässberg Church from the 19th century

Notable residents

* Lars Leksell (1907–1986),

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and

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Sister cities

As of November 2021, Mölndal has no twin cities.

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