Gullspång Municipality (''Gullspångs kommun'') is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1 ...

in western

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. Its seat is located in the towns of

Gullspång Gullspång is a locality and one of two seats of the Gullspång Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. As of 2010 it had 1,167 inhabitants. History Gullspång provided the name for a new municipality created through the local government ...

and Hova. The present municipality was formed through the amalgamation of the former entities of Amnehärad, Hova and part of Visnum. The name was taken from the

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Geography

Gullspång Municipality borders to

Mariestad Municipality Mariestad Municipality (''Mariestads kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Mariestad. The present municipality was formed in 1971, when the ''City of Mariestad'' was amalgama ...

and

Töreboda Municipality Töreboda Municipality (''Töreboda kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Töreboda and it includes the population centers of Älgarås and Moholm. The present municipality ...

It also borders on

Laxå Municipality Laxå Municipality (''Laxå kommun'') is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Laxå. In 1967 the market town (''köping'') of Laxå (instituted in 1946) was merged with two adjacent rural municipa ...

Örebro County Örebro County ( sv, Örebro län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Västra Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Västmanland, Södermanland and Östergötland. It is frequently culturally divided into the hilly n ...

to the east and on

Kristinehamn Municipality Kristinehamn Municipality (''Kristinehamns kommun'') is a municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the stad (Sweden), city of Kristinehamn. The present municipality was created in 1 ...

Värmland County Värmland County (''Värmlands län'') is a county or '' län'' in west central Sweden. It borders the Swedish counties of Dalarna, Örebro and Västra Götaland, as well as the Norwegian counties of Viken and Innlandet to the west. Prince Carl P ...

to the north. The southern part of the municipality contains the northern part of Swedish national park

Tiveden Tiveden is a long and wide densely forested rocky ridge in Sweden, throughout history notorious for its wilderness and dangers; historically a hiding place for outlaws. In historic times it, along with Tylöskog and Kolmården, formed the border b ...

Localities

* Gårdsjö * Hova *

Otterbäcken Otterbäcken right on the shores of Vänern is a locality situated in Gullspång Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 722 inhabitants in 2010. Business In Otterbäcken is a plywood factory run by Moelven-Vänerply. The plant i ...

Skagersvik Skagersvik is a urban areas of Sweden, locality situated in Gullspång Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 250 inhabitants in 2010. References

Populated places in Västra Götaland County Populated places in Gullsp� ...

The two main towns are Hova and Gullspång. The central administration is placed in Hova, thus constituting the municipal seat, but there are also offices in Gullspång. Because of the rivalry between Gullspång and Hova the municipality prefers to call them the "two main localities" (''"huvudtätorter"'').

Local churches

Södra Råda Old Church Södra Råda Old Church ( sv, Södra Råda gamla kyrka) was an early 14th-century timbered church in the parish of Södra Råda in Gullspång Municipality, Västra Götaland in Sweden. It was one of the oldest preserved wooden churches in the co ...

References

External links

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Gullspång Municipality
- Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Gullspang Municipality Municipalities of Västra Götaland County Skaraborg