Töreboda Municipality (''Töreboda 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. Its seat is located in the town of

Töreboda Töreboda is a locality and the seat of Töreboda Municipality, 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 ...

and it includes the population centers of

Älgarås Älgarås () is a locality situated in Töreboda Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 417 inhabitants in 2010. The battle of Älgarås, between the House of Sverker and House of Erik took place here in 1205, securing the crown for ...

and Moholm. The present municipality was formed in 1971, when the market town (''

köping ''Köping'' was a Swedish denomination for a market town since the Middle Ages, derived from the Old Norse word ''kaupang''. The designation was officially abolished with the municipal reform of 1971, when Sweden was subdivided into the Municip ...

'') of

(itself instituted in 1909) was amalgamated with Moholm and parts of Undenäs and Hova.

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Töreboda Municipality
- Official site Municipalities of Västra Götaland County Skaraborg {{VästraGötaland-geo-stub