Åmål (municipality)
Åmål municipality | |||||
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State : | Sweden | ||||
Province (län): | Västra Götalands län | ||||
Historical Province (landskap): | Dalsland | ||||
Main place: | Åmål | ||||
SCB code: | 1492 | ||||
Residents : | 12,610 (December 31, 2019) | ||||
Area : | 889.7 km² (January 1, 2016) | ||||
Population density : | 14.2 inhabitants / km² | ||||
Website : | www.amal.se | ||||
List of municipalities in Sweden |
Coordinates: 59 ° 3 ' N , 12 ° 42' E
Åmål is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Västra Götalands län and the historic province of Dalsland . It is located on the west bank of Lake Vänern and has an area of 481 km² and 12,229 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2013). The main town is the city of Åmål .
geography
Åmål municipality stretches about 40 kilometers along the western shore of Lake Vänern . There are numerous smaller skerries in front of the bank . The hinterland is rich in lakes. In the west of the municipality, a system of long but narrow lakes (Edslan, Knarrbysjön, Ärr and Ånimmen) stretches from north to south through the entire municipality.
history
Before the amalgamation of Älvsborgs län , Skaraborgs län and Göteborgs och Bohus län to Västra Götalands län, Åmål belonged to the province of Älvsborgs län.
Bigger places
Locations with the status of a crime scene are:
Town twinning
Åmål has seven twin cities:
Loimaa , Finland | |
Türi , Estonia | |
Drøbak , Norway | |
Grenaa , Denmark | |
Gadebusch , Germany | |
De Pere , Wisconsin , USA | |
Kubrat , Bulgaria |
See also
- Out of Åmål (1998 film)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
- ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)
- ↑ Åmål website ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.