Sala Municipality, Sweden

Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden

Sala Municipality Sala kommun
Municipality
Sala Town Hall
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 59°55′N 16°36′E / 59.917°N 16.600°E / 59.917; 16.600
Country	Sweden
County	Västmanland County
Seat	Sala
Area ^[1]
• Total	1,204.39 km² (465.02 sq mi)
• Land	1,166.85 km² (450.52 sq mi)
• Water	37.54 km² (14.49 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	22,853
• Density	19/km² (49/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västmanland and Uppland
Municipal code	1981
Website	www.sala.se

Sala Municipality (Swedish: Sala kommun) is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Sala.

The present municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Sala was amalgamated with the rural municipalities Möklinta and Tärna and a part of Västerfärnebo.

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Sala Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 22,969 residents, including 17,496 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 46.1% voted for the left coalition and 52.6% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Centrum

2,070

1,786

50.1

49.1

21,676

Dalhem-Gärdesta

2,238

1,622

47.6

51.0

24,645

Jakobsberg-Bryggeriet

1,708

1,247

55.4

43.2

19,702

Kila-Fläckebo

1,722

1,390

44.2

53.9

26,910

Kumla-Ransta-Tärna

1,876

1,431

40.3

58.6

26,523

Kungsängen-Valla

1,701

1,383

50.8

48.0

26,980

Möklinta

1,237

949

33.6

64.2

22,502

Sala N

1,938

1,491

46.5

52.0

25,729

Sala S

2,307

1,712

46.5

52.7

28,039

Sala Ö

1,656

1,293

36.5

62.4

27,426

Västerfärnebo

2,106

1,677

39.6

59.6

24,113

Åkra

2,410

1,515

61.2

36.3

18,136

Source: SVT^[3]

References

^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Sala i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.