Lilla Edet Municipality

Lilla Edet Municipality (Lilla Edets kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland Coonty in wastren Swaden. Its seat is locatit in the toun o Lilla Edet.

The present municipality wis formit in 1971, when the mercat toun (köping) Lilla Edet (institutit as late as 1951) wis mergit wi Flundre (pairt o), Inlands Torpe an Lödöse.

Population figures frae Statistics Sweden as o 31 December 2005.

Lilla Edet (seat) (pop. 4,936)
Lödöse (pop. 1,265)
Göta (pop. 962)
Nygård (pop. 436)
Hjärtum (pop. 384)

O these localities, Lödöse is naitionally kent for being the oreeginal location o the ceety o Gothenburg. In the medieval age it wis a busy ceety an hostit an important Swadish harbor, till it wis muivit tae its present location in 1473, and little remained. The day it haes an interestin museum wi mony interestin objects.

Industry
The lairgest employer in Lilla Edet Municipality apairt frae the govrenment is the paper mill "SCA Hygiene Products AB Edet Bruk", wi some 500 employees. It haes been in operation for some 120 year, an is best kent the day for its manufacturin o the toilet paper brand "Edet", available in ivery store in Swaden.

References

Freemit airtins
Lilla Edet Municipality - Offeecial steid
The local newspaper (TTELA)

Category:Municipalities o Västra Götaland Coonty
Category:Metropolitan Gothenburg
Category:North Älvsborg