Kungsbacka

Kungsbacka () is a locality and the seat of Kungsbacka Municipality in Halland County, Sweden, with 19,057 inhabitants in 2010. It is a part of Greater Gothenburg Metropolitan Area.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Kungsbacka
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Lisa Andersson
Settlement.image_skyline: Stefkubaktorg.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Kungsbacka
Settlement.image_shield: Kungsbacka vapen.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Halland#Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Kungsbacka Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Halland County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Halland
Settlement.area_total_km2: 10.03
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2018
Settlement.population_total: 23,000

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Part of: Gothenburg
Official name: Kungsbacka
Country: Sweden
Population: 24071
Area: 1194
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Kungsbackaån
Capital of: Kungsbacka Municipality
Image: Stefkubaktorg.jpg
Dialing code: 0300

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Commons category: Kungsbacka
topic's main category: Category:Kungsbacka
category for people born here: Q13410560
category of associated people: Category:People from Kungsbacka
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Kungsbacka () is a locality and the seat of Kungsbacka Municipality in Halland County, Sweden, with 19,057 inhabitants in 2010. It is a part of Greater Gothenburg Metropolitan Area.

It is one of the most affluent parts of Sweden, in part due to its simultaneous proximity to the countryside and the large city of Gothenburg. Its mayor since 2020 is Lisa Andersson.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kungsbacka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.