Gullspång Municipality () is a

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Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County () 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 1,616,000 amounts to 17% of S ...

in western

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. Its seat is located in the towns of

Gullspång Gullspång is a Urban areas in Sweden, 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 thro ...

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

and

Töreboda Municipality Töreboda Municipality () 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 was formed in 1971 ...

It also borders on

Laxå Municipality Laxå Municipality () 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 municipalities. One of ...

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to the east and on

Kristinehamn Municipality Kristinehamn Municipality () is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Kristinehamn. The present municipality was created in 1971 when the former City of Kristinehamn was merged with parts of ...

Värmland County Värmland County () 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 Østfold, Akershus and Innlandet to the west. The title of Duke ...

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 * Skagersvik 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"'').

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Gullspång Municipality's electoral districts in the

2022 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag who in turn elected the Prime Minister of Sweden. Under the constitution, regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The pr ...

sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 5,203 residents, including 4,029 Swedish citizens of voting age. 47.3% voted for the left coalition and 50.9% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Local churches

Södra Råda Old Church Södra Råda Old Church () 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 country. The paintings coveri ...

References

External links

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