Borås (municipality)

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Borås municipality
Borås municipality coat of arms Location of Borås municipality
coat of arms Location in Västra Götaland County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Västra Götalands län
Historical Province (landskap): Västergötland
Main place: Borås
SCB code: 1490
Residents : 113,179 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 967.5 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 117 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 501 10 - 508 99
Website : www.boras.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 57 ° 43 '  N , 12 ° 57'  E

Center of Borås with main square and town hall (left)

Borås is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Västra Götalands län and the historic province of Västergötland . The main town of the municipality is Borås .

history

Borås Municipality was formed in 1971 through the amalgamation of Borås City and Brämhult Rural Municipality. In 1974 more parishes from the area were added, with the parish of Bollebygd being spun off again in 1995 .

Before the merging of Älvsborgs län , Skaraborgs län and Göteborgs och Bohus län to Västra Götalands län , Borås belonged to the province of Älvsborg.

places

The following localities ( tatorter ) have at least 200 inhabitants (in brackets, as of December 31, 2017):

  • Aplared - 470
  • Äspered - 296
  • Borås - 73,058
  • Borgstena - 424
  • Bosnäs - 435
  • Bredared - 334
  • Dalsjöfors - 3,702
  • Dannike - 448
  • Fristad - 5.502

Twin cities

Web links

Commons : Borås Municipality  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner December 31, 2019 at Statistiska centralbyrån
  2. ↑ Kommunarealer January 1, 2016 at Statistiska centralbyrån (including all inland waters)
  3. ↑ Borås website - Invånare i tatorter 2017 ( Swedish ), accessed on December 5, 2018