Mariestad Municipality
Mariestad is a municipality (Swedish kommun ) at Lake Vänern in the southern Swedish province of Västra Götaland County and the historic province of Västergötland. Center of the municipality is Mariestad.
Geography
The community extends approximately 40 km along the eastern shore of Lake Vänern. The municipal area also includes the offshore rocks and small islands, including the archipelago of Djurö which are a national park since 1991.
In the north of the municipality lies Sjötorp ( about 20 km north of Mariestad ) where the Göta Canal flows into Lake Vänern.
In the south, the municipality share of the Mountain Lugnåsberget with the village Lugnås (10 km southwest of Mariestad ), formerly a major producer of mill stones, whose quarries can be visited today. East of Lugnåsberget extends the valley of Tidan that here the bird lake Vänern to the Easts flows into which it flows near Mariestad.
Economy
The largest employer in the town is the public sector. The industry focuses on the city of Mariestad ( see there).
Places
The following places are villages ( tätorter ):
- Lugnås
- Lyrestad
- Mariestad
- Odensåker
- Sjötorp
- Ullervad