Mellerud Municipality (''Melleruds kommun'') 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 ...

Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1 ...

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. Its seat is located in the town of

Mellerud Mellerud is a locality and the seat of Mellerud Municipality, Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The county is the second most populous of ...

. The amalgamation leading to the present municipality took place in 1969 when "old" Mellerud (instituted as a market town (''

köping ''Köping'' was a Swedish denomination for a market town since the Middle Ages, derived from the Old Norse word ''kaupang''. The designation was officially abolished with the municipal reform of 1971, when Sweden was subdivided into the Munici ...

'') 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

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as of December 31, 2005. *

, 3,796 *

Dals Rostock Dals Rostock () is a locality situated in Mellerud Municipality, Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The county is the second most populous ...

, 885 * Åsensbruk, 530 * Bränna, 228 * Dalskog, 151 * Håverud, 150 * Köpmannebro, 76 * Erikstad, 58

References

External links

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Mellerud Municipality
- Official site
The local newspaper
- (

TTELA {{italic title ''TTELA'' is a Swedish daily newspaper which covers the municipalities Trollhättan, Vänersborg, Lilla Edet and Mellerud in the provinces Västergötland and Dalsland in the Västra Götaland County, West Sweden. The newspaper is o ...

) {{authority control Municipalities of Västra Götaland County North Älvsborg