Gothenburg (municipality)

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Gothenburg municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Gothenburg Location of the municipality of Gothenburg
coat of arms Location in Västra Götaland County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Västra Götalands län
Historical provinces (landskap): Västergötland
Bohuslän
Main place: Gothenburg
SCB code: 1480
Residents : 579,281 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 462.1 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 1,253.6 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 400 10-418 79
Website : www.goteborg.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 57 ° 42 ′  N , 11 ° 57 ′  E Göteborg is a municipality ( Swedish commun ) in the Swedish province of Västra Götalands län and the historic provinces of Västergötland and Bohuslän . The main town of the municipality is Gothenburg .

geography

The community consists largely of the city of Gothenburg and the fourth largest Swedish island Hisingen . There are also a number of smaller towns, although they usually have no more than 200 inhabitants, and the Gothenburg archipelago in the south, with the Asperö , Brännö , Donsö , Köpstadsö , Styrsö , Vargö , Vinga and Vrångö archipelagos .

history

The name Göteborgs stad was valid until 1971 when the municipalities were abolished as part of a local government reform and the new name Göteborgs kommun was introduced. On June 16, 1983, municipal representatives decided that the term city (swed. Stad ) should be used in cases in which it has no consequences for the municipality itself. For this reason there are e.g. B. on street signs both the designation Göteborgs stad and Göteborgs kommun .

Town twinning

Gothenburg lists the following seven twin cities :

city country Type since
Aarhus DenmarkDenmark Midtjylland, Denmark Vanort 1946
Mountains NorwayNorway Vestland, Norway Vanort 1946
Chicago United StatesUnited States Illinois, United States Partner town 1987
Lyon FranceFrance Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Partner town 1990
Nelson Mandela Bay South AfricaSouth Africa Eastern Cape, South Africa Partner town 1998
Shanghai China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China East China, People's Republic of China Partner town 1986
Turku FinlandFinland Finland Vanort 1946

Web links

Commons : Göteborg Municipality  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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  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. ↑ Internationellt samarbete - Göteborgs Stad. Retrieved October 20, 2016 .