Karlstad Municipality

Karlstad Municipality is a municipality in in west central . Its seat is located in the city of . The present municipality was established in 1971 when the former City of Karlstad was amalgamated with a number of surrounding rural municipalities.
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  • Type: municipality of Sweden with 98,100 residents
  • Description: municipality in Värmland County, Sweden
  • Also known as: 1780”, “Karlstads kommun”, and “Karlstads Kommun

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alsters kyrka.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vallargärdet and Edsgatan and Långenäs.

Village
is a locality situated in Karlstad Municipality, , with 382 inhabitants in 2010.

Hamlet
is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km south of Karlstad Municipality.

Hamlet
is a populated place in Karlstad Municipality, , . is situated 3½ km north of Karlstad Municipality.

Karlstad Municipality

Latitude
59.4741° or 59° 28′ 27″ north
Longitude
13.5996° or 13° 35′ 59″ east
Population
98,100
Elevation
88 metres (289 feet)
Open location code
9FFMFHFX+JR
Geo­Names ID
2701679
Wiki­data ID
Q498453
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Karlstad Municipality” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: conceyu de Karlstads (Suecia)
  • Asturian: Karlstads kommun
  • Asturian: Karlstads
  • Basque: Karlstad udalerria
  • Belarusian: камуна Карльстад
  • Belarusian: Карлстад
  • Belarusian: Карльстад
  • Bulgarian: Карлстад
  • Catalan: Karlstad
  • Cebuano: Karlstads Kommun
  • Chinese: Karlstad Chū-tī-chhī
  • Chinese: 卡尔斯塔德市镇
  • Chinese: 卡爾斯塔德市鎮
  • Danish: Karlstad Kommune
  • Danish: Karlstads kommun
  • Dutch: Karlstad
  • Esperanto: Karlstad
  • Esperanto: Karlstado
  • Esperanto: Karlstads kommun
  • Esperanto: komunumo Karlstad
  • Estonian: Karlstadi vald
  • Faroese: Karlstads kommuna
  • Finnish: Karlstadin kunta
  • French: Commune De Karlstad
  • French: Karlstad
  • Galician: Concello de Karlstad
  • German: Gemeinde Karlstad
  • German: Karlstad
  • Hungarian: Karlstad község
  • Italian: Karlstad
  • Italian: Municipalità di Karlstad
  • Korean: 칼스타드시
  • Ladin: Karlstad
  • Limburgan: Karlstad
  • Lithuanian: Karlstadas
  • Low German: Kommun Karlstad
  • Maltese: Karlstad
  • Min Nan Chinese: Karlstad Chū-tī-chhī
  • Northern Frisian: Karlstad (Komuun)
  • Northern Frisian: Karlstad
  • Northern Sami: Karlstad gielda
  • Northern Sami: Karlstad gielddat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Karlstad kommune
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Karlstads kommun
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Karlstad kommune
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Karlstads kommun
  • Norwegian: Karlstad kommune
  • Persian: بخش کارلسته
  • Polish: Gmina Karlstad
  • Portuguese: Karlstad
  • Romanian: Comuna Karlstad
  • Russian: Карлстад
  • Russian: коммуна Карлстад
  • Scots: Karlstad Municipality
  • Scottish Gaelic: Karlstad
  • Slovenian: Karlstad kommun
  • Slovenian: Občina Karlstad
  • Spanish: Municipio de Karlstad
  • Sundanese: Karlstad
  • Sundanese: Munisipalitas Karlstad
  • Swedish: Karlstad kommun
  • Swedish: Karlstad
  • Swedish: Karlstads kommun
  • Turkish: Karlstad belediyesi
  • Ukrainian: Карлстад
  • Vietnamese: Karlstad
  • Welsh: Bwrdeistref Karlstad
  • Western Frisian: Karlstad

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