Lerum Municipality (''Lerums 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, situated just east of Gothenburg. Its seat is located in the town of Lerum. In 1969 the municipality got its present size when "old" Lerum was amalgamated with Skallsjö and Stora Lundby. In 2007, Lerum Municipality launched a new

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to be used instead of its official municipal

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which features the head of an ox and three oak leaves.Lerum Municipality: Lerums logotyp
, accessed on February 16, 2009 Municipal officials and PR staff felt the coat "outdated". Although no longer used, the coat of arms still has official status. The new logotype features a multi-coloured

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pattern.

Localities

* Floda *

Gråbo Gråbo is a locality situated in Lerum Municipality, Västra Götaland County, 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 o ...

* Lerum (seat) *

Norsesund Norsesund is a bimunicipal locality situated in Alingsås Municipality and Lerum Municipality in Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The ...

(partly) * Stenkullen * Tollered

References

External links

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Lerum Municipality
- Official site
Visitlerum.nu
- Official tourist site {{authority control Municipalities of Västra Götaland County North Älvsborg Metropolitan Gothenburg