Mellerud Municipality

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Mellerud Municipality (Kommun)

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	Municipal facts
	Seat	Mellerud
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	County	Västra Götaland County
	Province	Dalsland
	Area Rank	514 km² 172nd of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	9,728 224 of 290
	Population density	19/km²

Mellerud Municipality is located in the province Dalsland, in western Sweden. It is a small municipality situated by lake Vänern. Its seat is in the town Mellerud with 4,000 inhabitants, situated at 58°42′N 12°28′E.

[edit] History

The town Mellerud was a rural village until the railroad was lain through it in 1879 -- the so called Bergslagernas Järnväg (BJ) and Dalslands Järnväg (DJ). It received rights as a merchant town (a köping) in 1908, at which time it had some 600 inhabitants. The municipality was created in 1971 with the municipal reform.

[edit] Urban areas

Population figures from 2003.

Mellerud	3857
Bränna	259
Dalskog	142
Dals Rostock	829
Erikstad	42
Håverud	140
Åsebro	36
Åsensbruk	554
Total urban areas	5859
Total other areas	3906
Total	9792

[edit] See also

• Municipalities of Sweden

[edit] External links

• Mellerud - Official site
• [1] - The local newspaper TTELA