Töreboda (Municipality)

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Töreboda municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Töreboda Location of the municipality of Töreboda
coat of arms Location in Västra Götaland County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Västra Götalands län
Historical Province (landskap): Västergötland
Main place: Töreboda
SCB code: 1473
Residents : 9293 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 591.1 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 15.7 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.toreboda.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 58 ° 42 '  N , 14 ° 8'  E

Göta Canal

Töreboda 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 Töreboda , other notable towns are

  • Beateberg
Church in Beateberg

geography

The municipality of Töreboda is a hilly country shaped by the Ice Age. There are several lakes on the municipal boundary: to the west of Törboda is Lake Ymsen, to the southwest of the Vogelsee Östen , to the northeast of the Unden lake and to the southeast of the Viken lake . From Viken, the highest body of water in the Göta Canal , the canal stretches northeast through the main town of Töreboda, where the main railway line Stockholm - Gothenburg crosses the canal.

At Älgarås, 18 kilometers north of the central town of Töreboda, King Sverker Karlsson put down an uprising in 1205 by the pretenders of the Erik family.

economy

The municipality of Töreboda has an above-average share of agricultural workers, but the industrial sector is also strong. Small and medium-sized businesses predominate.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Töreboda  - 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)