Hallstahammar Municipality


Hallstahammar Municipality is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Hallstahammar.
In 1971 "old" Hallstahammar was amalgamated with parts of the dissolved Kolbäck rural municipality to form the present unitary municipality..
The municipal slogan is "Bo hos oss", which reflects the ambition of the present municipal leadership to boost population figures.

Geography

The municipality is subdivided into two parishes: Hallstahammar-Berg and Kolbäck-Säby. Hallstahammar-Berg in the north is situated along forest lands; Kolbäck-Säby in the south is a centre of communications by roads and railways as well as the intersecting river. Strömsholm, in the southern part of Kolbäck, borders Lake Mälaren and has open fields around its Royal Castle.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Hallstahammar 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 16,581 residents, including 12,314 Swedish citizens of voting age. 47.7% voted for the left coalition and 50.7% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Communications

By train, Hallstahammar is 10 minutes from the centre of Västerås, and about an hour from the Central Station of Stockholm. There is also a connection to the larger city of Eskilstuna via a bridge over Lake Mälaren.
Good car transport is provided by European route E18 that passes between Kolbäck and Hallstahammar.

Notable places

One of Sweden's foremost riding gymnasiums is located in Strömsholm, as part of the Kantzowska Gymnasium. The Church of Kolbäck goes back to the 13th century and has interior decorations paid for by Queen Hedvig Eleonora in the 17th century. The Church of Säby was beautifully restored in the 1630s.