Skara (municipality)

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Skara municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Skara Location of the municipality of Skara
coat of arms Location in Västra Götaland County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Västra Götalands län
Historical Province (landskap): Västergötland
Main place: Skara
SCB code: 1495
Residents : 18,837 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 448.7 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 42 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.skara.se
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Coordinates: 58 ° 23 '  N , 13 ° 26'  E Skara is a municipality ( Swedish commun ) in the Swedish province of Västra Götalands län and the historic province of Västergötland . The main town of the municipality is Skara .

geography

The municipality of Skara is located in the Västgöta plain and about 150 kilometers northeast of Gothenburg .

The eastern border of the community is formed by the Billingen mountain (about 15 kilometers from the main town of Skara). North of Varnhem, the Valle Valley ( Valledalen ) extends along the Billingen, which was formed by the Ice Age, and a mosaic of fields, pastures, deciduous forests, etc. a. having. Parts are protected by the establishment of several nature reserves. South of Varnhem is the Hornborgasjön , a bird sanctuary where several thousand cranes can be found every April .


economy

The municipality of Skara is an agricultural municipality with an above-average proportion of people employed in agriculture. Related to this is the dominance of the food industry in the secondary sector. Tourism plays a certain role. The town of Skara, Varnhem, Lake Hornborga, the trotting track in Axevalla and the Skara Sommarland amusement park right next to it are attractions.

Attractions

Varnhem Monastery Church

The Skara Cathedral is located in the city of Skara .

At the foot of Billingen lies Varnhem with the ruins of a former Cistercian monastery from the 12th century and the Gothic monastery church , which houses the tombs of a number of Swedish kings from the Middle Ages.

Bigger places

Web links

Commons : Municipality of Skara  - 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)