Västerås (municipality)

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Västerås municipality
Coat of arms of the municipality of Västerås Location of the municipality of Västerås
coat of arms Location in Västmanland County
State : Sweden
Province (län): Västmanland County
Historical Province (landskap): Vastmanland
Main place: Västerås
SCB code: 1980
Residents : 154,049 (December 31, 2019)
Area : 1,137.8 km² (January 1, 2016)
Population density : 135.4 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.vasteras.se
List of municipalities in Sweden

Coordinates: 59 ° 37 '  N , 16 ° 33'  E

Västerås is a municipality ( Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Västmanland County and the historic province of Västmanland . The main town of the municipality is Västerås .

The municipality is called Västerås stad and means both Västerås as a place of crime and the area that surrounds the actual city.

places

Västerås Town Hall

These places are localities ( tatorter ):

Town twinning

In addition to four partnerships with Nordic cities, Västerås has partnerships with three other European cities:

  • Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Banja Luka , Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Czech RepublicCzech Republic Budweis , Czech Republic
  • GermanyGermany Kassel , Germany

With Gaborone in Botswana and Jinan in the People's Republic of China, there is also partner relations.

Web links

Commons : Västerås 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. ↑ Västerås website - Nätverk och vänorter , accessed on July 6, 2018