Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County is a province ( län) in the west of Sweden. Västra Götaland County includes the historic landscapes Västergötland, Bohuslän and Dalsland and came into being on 1 January 1998 by the merger of Skaraborg County, Älvsborgs Göteborgs och Bohus Lan and Lan.
With nearly 1,540,000 inhabitants ( 2006) Västra Götaland County is the largest province in terms of population after Stockholm County. 16.9% of the Swedish population live here. The area accounts for 6.4 % of the national territory.
The residence is Gothenburg, other important cities are Vänersborg, Lidköping, Borås, Uddevalla, Trollhattan, Skövde and Mariestad.
Communities and places
Communities
To Västra Götaland County includes the following 49 municipalities (Swedish: kommuner ):
(As of March 31, 2013 )
Biggest Towns
- Gothenburg ( 510,491 )
- Borås ( 63 441 )
- Trollhättan ( 44,498 )
- Skövde ( 33 119 )
- Uddevalla ( 30 513 )
- Lidköping ( 24 941 )
- Alingsås ( 22 919 )
- Vänersborg ( 21,672 )
- Kungälv ( 21,139 )
- Falköping ( 15,821 )
- Lerum ( 15,819 )
- Mariestad ( 15,448 )
(Population in 2005)
Swell
58.3112.52Koordinaten: 58 ° N, 13 ° E
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- Administrative province (Sweden)
- Västra Götaland County
- NUTS 3 region