Åmål
Åmål is located in Dalsland where Lake Vänern stretches almost as far as the town centre and the private harbour is just a stone's throw from the market place. Together with 48 other municipalities, Åmål forms the county of West Götaland.
Facts about the municipality
Population numbers
12699
Size by area
481 km²
Åmål is located in the northern part of the county where it borders Värmland. Åmål municipality was formed in January 1971 through a merger of the town of Åmål and the municipality of Tössbo. Åmål has been a city since 1643 when Queen Kristina the First signed the charter. Other towns in the municipality of a similar size are Fengerfors, Tösse-Tydje, Fröskog, Ånimskog, Mo and Edsleskog.
Housing
The largest administrator of accommodation and premises is the municipal company Åmåls kommunfastigheter, ÅKAB. The company offers accommodation in the central and rural areas.
Language groups in the locality
In Åmål municipality you will come across the following language groups: Albanian, Arabic, Serbo-Croat, Finnish, French, Persian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.
Associations and organisations
You'll find information about all active associations on Åmål municipality's website.
What is available in the immediate area
In central Åmål there is kontakt Åmål where you can find a regional social insurance office, job centre and the municipally run job centre.
In Åmål's lively town centre you'll find food shops, clothes shops, restaurants and cafés.
In central Åmål you'll also find the municipal library. If you want to buy furniture and many other products second-hand, you are welcome to visit labour market unit to take a look and see whether you can find anything.
Childcare
Åmål municipality offers teaching care, open preschools and preschools. Read more and find contact information for all schools on the municipality's website.
Compulsory schools and upper secondary schools
In Åmål municipality you'll find 4 municipal comprehensive schools and two free schools which provide education up to year 6. We have a senior school for years 7-9 and an upper secondary school with modern premises and many different courses.
Compulsory schools and upper secondary schools
Education opportunities
Adult education in Åmål municipality which is provided in the same building as the upper secondary school in the community offers support in enrolment and guidance with a choice of studies. The same building also offers tuition in Swedish for immigrants. Adult education also offers the "high school at home plan" where you can study at a higher level via distance learning.
Health and medical care
In central Åmål you'll find the welfare centres Närhälsan Åmål and Balderkliniken.
Interpreter assistance
In Åmål municipality we use the region's interpreting service.
Public transport
Åmål is located along European route 45 approx. 170 km north of Gothenburg and 70 km southwest of Karlstad. The distance to Oslo is approximately 180 km.
The travelling time to the nearest airport (Karlstad) is around 50 minutes.
Åmål has good railway and bus links with many direct connections every day to cities such as Stockholm and Gothenburg.
County road 164 starts from Åmål and connects Åmål and central Sweden with the west coast (Strömstad).
There is a freshwater harbour in Åmål.
Work and entrepreneurship
In Åmål municipality you can get advice and support if you want to start up your own company. Please contact the Åmål trade and industry development officer via the municipality's website.
Åmål municipality itself is the largest employee. Also within commuting distance are large employers such as Opcon, Euromaint AB and Spicer nordiska kardan AB.
