Öckerö Municipality
Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Öckerö Municipality (Öckerö kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Öckerö on the main island, which is also called Öckerö.
Öckerö Municipality
Öckerö kommun | |
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Coordinates: 57°42′N 11°39′E | |
Country | Sweden |
County | Västra Götaland County |
Seat | Öckerö |
Area | |
• Total | 511.4 km2 (197.5 sq mi) |
• Land | 25.74 km2 (9.94 sq mi) |
• Water | 485.66 km2 (187.51 sq mi) |
Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 12,819 |
• Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | SE |
Province | Bohuslän |
Municipal code | 1407 |
Website | www.ockero.se |
The municipality consists of islands in the Northern Gothenburg Archipelago just outside Gothenburg. With a total area of 26.03 km2 it is one of the smallest municipalities of Sweden.
The municipality is one of very few in Sweden which has not been amalgamated and thus still has the same area as the unit formed out of a parish (socken) by the first local government acts of 1862. In the period 1915–1959 there were a number of municipalsamhällen (a sort of boroughs within a rural municipality handling matters of urban character) in the municipality.