Orust Municipality
municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Orust Municipality (Swedish: Orusts kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Henån, with an approximate population of 1,800.
The municipality includes Sweden's third largest island Orust and some other small adjacent islets. The year-round population of around 15,000 increases significantly in the summer due to an influx of summer vacationers.
The former municipal entities on the island Orust and adjacent minor islands were grouped into larger units in 1952 and united into a single municipality in connection with the nationwide municipal reform of 1971.
Sigfrid Edstrom, Former president of the IOC, Industrialist & Chairman of the Sweden-America Foundation, was born here
Geography
The island Orust has a land area of 346 square kilometres (134 sq mi), Sweden's fourth largest island.
The villages in the municipality are Ellös, Henån, Svanesund, Hälleviksstrand, Mollösund, Svanvik and Varekil.
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Orust Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.
In total there were 15,322 residents, including 12,490 Swedish citizens of voting age. 44.3% voted for the left coalition and 54.5% for the right coalition.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Orust Municipality” is municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Orust, Municipality and municipality, not as a finished interpretation.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q338752. VIAF identifies the subject as 144825383. Authority coordinates are 58.233, 11.683. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1952, 1971 and 2022.
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This entry incorporates text from “Orust Municipality” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.