Borås Municipality (''Borås 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 ...
in
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
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. Its seat is located in the
city
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of
Borås
Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 66,273 inhabitants in 2010.
Geography
Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them th ...
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In 1971 the ''City of Borås'' was made a municipality (''kommun'') when the unitary type of local government unit was introduced in Sweden. Three years later many surrounding municipalities were amalgamated with Borås. In 1995 the western part was separated, creating
Bollebygd Municipality
Bollebygd Municipality (''Bollebygds kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Bollebygd.
The municipal reform of 1952 united "old" Bollebygd with Töllsjö. The next reform pla ...
.
In the 1990s the municipal assembly (''
kommunfullmäktige
A municipal council ( sv, Kommunfullmäktige) is the decision-making body governing each of the 290 municipalities of Sweden. Though the Swedish Local Government Act ( sv, Kommunallagen) uses the term "municipal assembly" in an English translation ...
'') decided to use the name ″Borås stad″ or ″City of Borås″ whenever possible, for the whole municipality, including rural areas. This decision is purely nominal and has no effect on the legal status of the municipality.
Localities
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Borås
Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 66,273 inhabitants in 2010.
Geography
Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them th ...
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Borgstena
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Bosnäs
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Bredared
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Dalsjöfors
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Dannike
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Fristad
Fristad is a locality situated in Borås Municipality
Borås Municipality (''Borås kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Borås.
In 1971 the ''City of Borås'' was made a ...
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Frufällan
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Gånghester
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Hedared
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Kinnarumma
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Målsryd
Målsryd is a locality situated in Borås 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 Kingdo ...
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Rångedala
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Rydboholm
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Sandared
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Sandhult
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Seglora
Seglora () is the most rural part of the Borås Municipality. It is bordering to Mark Municipality and Bollebygd Municipality
Bollebygd Municipality (''Bollebygds kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its sea ...
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Sjömarken
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Tosseryd
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Viskafors
Twin towns – sister cities
Borås is
twinned with:
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Espelkamp, Germany
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Mikkeli
Mikkeli (; sv, S:t Michel; la, Michaelia) is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in what used to be the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Etelä-Savo region. The municipality has a population of () (around 34, ...
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Molde
Molde () is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord.
The administrative centre of t ...
, Norway
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Vejle
Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality ('' kommune'') and the ...
, Denmark
References
External links
Borås Municipality– Official English site
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Borås
Municipalities of Västra Götaland County