Mellerud
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| Mellerud | |
  Mellerud
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| Country | Sweden |
| Municipality | Mellerud Municipality |
| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Province | Dalsland |
| Area [1] | |
| - Total | 3.10 km² (1.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2005-12-31)[1] | |
| - Total | 3,796 |
| - Density | 1,225/km² (3,172.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Mellerud is a town (pop. 3,800) in Dalsland, Sweden and the seat of Mellerud Municipality, Västra Götaland County.
The town Mellerud was a rural village until the railway was built through it in 1879 -- the so called Bergslagernas Järnväg (BJ) and Dalslands Järnväg (DJ). It received status as a market town (köping) in 1908, at which time it had some 600 inhabitants. This status is obsolete since 1971, but Mellerud is the seat of a larger municipality.
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- ^ a b Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2000 och 2005 (xls) (Swedish). Statistics Sweden. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
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