Kungsbacka Municipality

Kungsbacka Municipality (Kungsbacka kommun) is a municipality in Halland Coonty on the Swadish wast coast, some 30 km sooth o Gothenburg. The municipal seat is locatit in the toun Kungsbacka.

In 1969 Tölö wis mergit intae the Ceety o Kungsbacka. In 1971 the municipality wis creatit when the ceety amalgamatit wi Särö. The feenal step wis taken in 1974 when three mair umwhile municipalities wur addit tae form the new entity.

Kungsbacka Municipality is closely integratit in the region o Metropolitan Gothenburg, but despite this it is admeenistratively no a pairt o Västra Götaland Coonty like the rest o the region.

A local geographical landmark is the glacial ridge Fjärås bräcka, tae the sooth o Kungsbacka, but it is the coast that is the predominant geographical featur. The municipality receives its drinkin watter frae the nearbi lake Lygnern; the watter unnergoes a natural filtering process as it trickles through the ridge, contributin tae its quality.

 Localities 
There are 22 urban auries (cried a tätort or locality an aw) in Kungsbacka Municipality.

In the table the localities are leetit accordin tae the size o the population as o 31 December 2005. The municipal seat is in bauld characters.

 #  Locality  Population 1  Kungsbacka  17,784 2  Onsala  11,375 3  Billdal 1)  9,609 4  Åsa  3,218 5  Särö  2,982 6  Fjärås kyrkby  2,213 7  Frillesås 2)  1,924 8  Backa  1,516 9  Vallda  1,439 10  Anneberg  1,398 11  Västra Hagen  810 12  Ölmanäs  787 13  Buerås  556 14  Halla Heberg  509 15  Lerkil  411 16  Gundal och Högås  363 17  Hagryd-Dala  355 18  Hjälmared  341 19  Brattås  339 20  Kläppa  298 21  Hjälm  251 22  Röda Holme  201

1) Billdal is a bimunicipal  locality. Aboot 3,000 o the inhabitants are in Gothenburg Municipality.

2) A minor pairt o Frillesås is in Varberg Municipality.

 References 

 Freemit airtins 
Kungsbacka Municipality - Offeecial steid


Category:Municipalities o Halland Coonty
Category:Metropolitan Gothenburg