Vårgårda

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Vårgårda
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Vårgårda
Vårgårda
Localization of Västra Götaland in Sweden
State : Sweden
Province  (län): Västra Götalands län
Historical Province (landskap): Västergötland
Municipality  : Vårgårda
Coordinates : 58 ° 2 '  N , 12 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 2 '  N , 12 ° 48'  E
SCB code : 5124
Status: Crime scene
Residents : 5384 (December 31, 2015)
Area : 5.07 km²
Population density : 1062 inhabitants / km²
List of perpetrators in Västra Götaland County

Vårgårda is a town in the Swedish province of Västra Götalands län and the historic province of Västergötland . It is also the capital of the municipality of the same name .

The Säveån River flows through the village and European route 20 passes it. The name of the place for the first time in 1420 as Walgaardha mentioned later in 1546 Waargaare written. However, he was referring to a nearby estate that later gave the place its name.

history


Building stone from Kullings skövde

To the north of the village is the Kyllingakullen burial ground near the church of Kullings-Skövde. It consists of ten burial mounds with a diameter between ten and 32 meters, four stone settings with a diameter of eight to 16 m and 18 building stones , the largest of which is in the village.

economy

The automotive supplier Autoliv was founded in Vårgårda in 1953 , and today there is a production facility for airbags on site, as well as a test site for crash tests and driver assistance systems.

Daughters and sons of the city

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)
  2. ↑ Mats Wahlberg: Svenskt ortnamnslexikon 364. Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet, Uppsala ISBN 917229020X .