METROPOLITAN GOTHENBURG

'Metropolitan Gothenburg' (''Stor-Göteborg'' or literally Greater Gothenburg), is a metropolitan area surrounding the city of Gothenburg in Sweden. The metropolitan region is located in Västra Götaland County, except for the municipality of Kungsbacka, which is located to the south in Halland County. As of 2005, the municipalities of Ale and Lilla Edet were added to the region. The region is often used for statistical measures, and estimates in the 1960s predicted that the region would have about one million inhabitants in the year 2000. With a current population of 877,286 individuals it is the second largest metropolitan area in Sweden after Metropolitan Stockholm.

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Municipality	Population	Area¹	Density²	Part	Divisions
					Provinces (pre 1634)	Counties (pre 1998)	Counties (Current)
Kungälv Municipality	38,611	365	105.8	North	Bohuslän	Gothenburg and Bohus	Västra Götaland
Stenungsund Municipality	22,959	254	90.4
Tjörn Municipality	15,006	168	89,3
Öckerö Municipality	12,201	26	469.3
Gothenburg Municipality	484,106	451	1073.4	City	Västergötland
Mölndal Municipality	58,072	147	395.0	South-East
Partille Municipality	33,534	57	588.3
Härryda Municipality	31,961	268	119.3
Lerum Municipality	36,387	260	140.0	North-East		Älvsborg
Ale Municipality	26,441	318	83.1
Alingsås Municipality	35,530	475	74.8
Lilla Edet Municipality	12,891	317	40.7
Kungsbacka Municipality	69,587	611	113.9	South	Halland	Halland
Total	877,286	3,717	236.0	As of 2005

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★ Metropolitan Areas of Sweden