Skene () is the second largest town in

Mark Municipality Mark Municipality (''Marks kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in southwest Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the center of Kinna town. The municipality was created through the Municipal Reform Act of 1971 by the amal ...

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 ...

, Sweden. The area has about 5,800 inhabitants and was formerly a locality of its own, but has grown together with

Kinna Kinna is a locality and the seat of Mark Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 14,776 inhabitants in 2010. Kinna is located south of Borås and south east of Gothenburg. The original Kinna has grown together with surroundin ...

. Skene is the home of sports club

Skene IF Skene IF is a Swedish football club in Skene in Mark Municipality, Västra Götaland County. Background Skene Idrottsförening was founded in 1921 thanks to Borås Cotton who provided land for a football field. The club's first committee compr ...

Notable natives

* Björklund, Jan ''Swedish politician'' * Zackrisson, Hampus ''Swedish footballer''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Skene, Kinna Populated places in Västra Götaland County