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Härryda Municipality () is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
in
Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County () 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 1,616,000 amounts to 17% of S ...
in western
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. Its seat is located in the town of
Mölnlycke Mölnlycke is a small town nearby Greater Gothenburg, a locality and the seat of Härryda Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 17,499 inhabitants in 2019. The urban area stretches over two municipalities. Mölndal Municipalit ...
, which has about 19,000 inhabitants. Göteborg Landvetter Airport, Sweden's second-largest
airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial Aviation, air transport. They usually consist of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surf ...
, is situated near the locality of Härryda, after which the municipality is named. The airport is named after
Landvetter Landvetter is a locality situated in Härryda Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 7,152 inhabitants in 2010. It is the second largest town in the municipality and has given its name to the international airport Göteborg Lan ...
, the second-biggest town in the municipality. City Airline has its head office in the Air Cargo Building on the grounds of the airport. When Transwede Airways existed, its head office stood on the airport property. Proceeding clockwise along the edge of Härryda Municipality, one encounters the borders of the municipalities of
Lerum Lerum is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Lerum Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 43 570 inhabitants in 2024. Overview Lerum has a station on the Gothenburg commuter rail system and is a suburb of Gothenburg ...
, Bollebygd,
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,
Mölndal Mölndal () is the seat and administrative centre of Mölndal Municipality and a part of the Gothenburg urban area on the west coast of Sweden. About 40,000 of the municipality's 60,000 inhabitants live in Mölndal proper. Geography Mölndal is l ...
,
Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...
and Partille. The present municipality was created in 1971 by the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Björketorp, Landvetter and Råda. Until 19 November 2007 the municipality was the only one in Sweden lacking a
coat of arms A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments), originating in Europe. The coat of arms on an escutcheon f ...
, using only a logotype.www.harryda.se


Localities

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Hindås Hindås is a town centre in Härryda Municipality, about 35 km east of Gothenburg. A resort is at Västra Nedsjön, and Mölndalsån starts here. There is a railway station between Gothenburg and Borås, part of the coast to the coastal path. It w ...
* Härryda *Hällingsjö *
Landvetter Landvetter is a locality situated in Härryda Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 7,152 inhabitants in 2010. It is the second largest town in the municipality and has given its name to the international airport Göteborg Lan ...
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Mölnlycke Mölnlycke is a small town nearby Greater Gothenburg, a locality and the seat of Härryda Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 17,499 inhabitants in 2019. The urban area stretches over two municipalities. Mölndal Municipalit ...
(seat) *Rävlanda


Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Härryda Municipality's electoral districts in the
2022 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag who in turn elected the Prime Minister of Sweden. Under the constitution, regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The pr ...
sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 38,960 residents, including 28,334 Swedish citizens of voting age. 44.6% voted for the left coalition and 54.4% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.


References


External links

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Härryda Municipality
– Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Harryda Municipality Municipalities of Västra Götaland County Metropolitan Gothenburg