Lilla Edet Municipality

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**Lilla Edet Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Image:Svcmap vastra gotaland.png Lilla Edet in central V. G. County in Sweden Image:Lilla Edet kommun.png Map outlining municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms Image:Lilla Edet City Arms.png
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Lilla Edet:
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	County	Västra Götaland County
	Province	Västergötland
	Area Rank	317 km² 226th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	12,902 x of 290
	Density	41/km²

This page deals with both Lilla Edet Municipality and the urban area (tätort) Lilla Edet

Lilla Edet is a Swedish municipality in Västra Götaland County, in western Sweden. It was created in 1971. Its seat is located in the town Lilla Edet (pop. 4,500), also the largest town.

The town Lilla Edet is situated on the eastern side of the Göta älv, a main river on the west coast of Sweden. It became known as a halt there. A canal lock system was built there as early as 1607, becoming the first of its kind in Sweden. The commons people had named Lilla Edet as a match for Stora Edet, situated north of Lilla Edet, and today known as Trollhättan. However, the official name for Lilla Edet was for a long time Bergaström.

1 Municipal towns
2 Industry
3 See also
4 External links

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Municipal towns

Lilla Edet (pop. 4,500)
Göta, Lilla Edet (pop. 970)
Lödöse (pop. 1,200)
Hjärtum (pop. 400)

Of these towns, Lödöse is nationally known for being the original location of the city Gothenburg. In the medieval age it was a busy city and hosted an important Swedish harbour, until it was moved to its present location in 1473, and little remained. Today it has an interesting museum with many interesting remainings.

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Industry

The largest employer in Lilla Edet municipality apart from the government is the paper mill "SCA Hygiene Products AB Edet Bruk", with some 500 employees. It has been in operation for some 120 years, and are best known today for their manufacturing of the toilet paper brand "Edet", available in every store in Sweden.

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