{{Municipality|name = Vänersborg |image = [[File: Vänersborg, Västra Götaland.png|300px]]|imagetext = The [[municipality]] of Vänersborg in the [[region]] of [[Region: Västra Götaland|Västra Götaland]]|symbol = [[File: Coat of arms of Vänersborg.png|60px]]|symboltext = Coat of arms of Vänersborg|country = [[Country: Sweden|Sweden]] [[File: Flag of Sweden.png|x12px]]|region = [[Region: Västra Götaland|Västra Götaland]]|numberofzones = 162|maxpph = 208|updated = 2023-05-03}} '''Vänersborg''' is a town at [[municipality]] in the [[region]] of [[Region: Västra Götaland|Västra Götaland]] in [[Country: Sweden|Sweden]]. The municipality has about 39,700 inhabitants and is located in the [[provinces]] of Västergötland and Dalsland. The river [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6ta_%C3%A4lv Göta älv] flows through the municipality in a north-south peak direction. == Location ==The municipality is located in the northwestern part of the [[province]] Västergötland and the southeastern part of Dalsland. Adjacent municipalities are, [[Municipality: Uddevalla|Uddevalla]] and [[Municipality: Färgelanda|Färgelanda]] in the biggest lakewest, Vänern[[Municipality: Mellerud|Mellerud]] in the north, [[Municipality: Grästorp|Grästorp]] in the east and [[Municipality: Trollhättan|Trollhättan]] and [[Municipality: Lilla Edet|Lilla Edet]] in Swedenthe south. To the east, the municipality has a maritime border with [[Municipality: Lidköping|Lidköping municipality]]. == Urban areas ==The urban area of [[Vänersborg]] is the largest with approximately 24,100 inhabitants and constitutes the municipality's central town. Other urban areas in the municipality are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%A5landa Brålanda], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A4ndefors Frändefors], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katrinedal Katrinedal], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordkroken Nordkroken] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varg%C3%B6n Vargön].
<gallerymode="packed">File:fishing.jpg| A rainy day in december [[2014 ]] (photo from the zone [[ZonZone:Länsan|Länsan]]).File:work.jpg| Zone The zone [[ZonZone:Friendpark|Friendpark]] blocked by work.File:BirdLookout.jpg| The zon zone [[ZonZone:BirdLookout|BirdLookout]] is positioned near the lake Vänern.File:Friendisle.jpg| A bridge leading to the zone [[ZonZone:FriendisleFriendIsleII|FriendisleFriendIsleII]].File:Björkåsparken.jpg| [[ZonZone:Björkåsparken|Björkåsparken]] is a nice park, little outside the center of VanersborgVänersborg, with two ponds.