Götene Municipality (Götene kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Götene.
Götene Municipality
Götene kommun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 58°32′N 13°29′E / 58.533°N 13.483°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Seat | Götene |
| Area | |
• Total | 620.7686 km2 (239.6801 sq mi) |
| • Land | 404.5686 km2 (156.2048 sq mi) |
| • Water | 216.2 km2 (83.5 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 13,218 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (55/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC 1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Västergötland |
| Municipal code | 1471 |
| Website | www.gotene.se |
When the first Swedish local government acts went into force in 1863, 20 rural municipal entities (each corresponding to a parish of the Church of Sweden) were created in the area. The municipal reform of 1952 grouped them into three, new, larger units. These were amalgamated in 1967 to form the present municipality.
The two most notable sights in the municipality are the mountain/ridge Kinnekulle (with 306 meters the highest point in the county) and the village Husaby, with an old church and church well, where the first Christian king of Sweden, Olof Skötkonung, is believed to have been baptized.
Localities
editPopulation figures from Statistics Sweden.
- Götene (seat), 4,600
- Källby, 1,500
- Lundsbrunn, 900
- Hällekis, 700
Demographics
editThis is a demographic table based on Götene Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]
In total there were 13,244 residents, including 10,275 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 48.0% voted for the left coalition and 50.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
| Location | Residents | Citizen adults |
Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish parents |
Foreign heritage |
Income SEK |
Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Götene 1 | 1,164 | 889 | 50.6 | 47.6 | 82 | 80 | 20 | 24,849 | 27 |
| Götene 2 | 1,775 | 1,386 | 48.5 | 49.6 | 76 | 79 | 21 | 21,884 | 26 |
| Götene-Holmestad | 2,078 | 1,511 | 45.7 | 53.7 | 78 | 74 | 26 | 23,153 | 22 |
| Hällekis-Forshem | 2,044 | 1,702 | 54.3 | 44.4 | 82 | 92 | 8 | 24,782 | 37 |
| Källbyorten | 2,437 | 1,890 | 48.4 | 50.5 | 89 | 92 | 8 | 28,126 | 41 |
| Lundsbrunnsorten | 1,751 | 1,358 | 41.9 | 57.3 | 87 | 91 | 9 | 27,246 | 30 |
| Sil-Husaby | 1,995 | 1,539 | 47.9 | 51.4 | 87 | 89 | 11 | 27,647 | 33 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
Sister cities
editGötene has a sister city in Lithuania called Pasvalys which has about 7,500 inhabitants.
Tourism
editGötene is part of the Läckö-Kinnekulle tourism area. To boast its geographical uniqueness, it uses a symbol of the Kinnekulle mountain mirroring in Lake Vänern.
References
edit- ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Götene i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
External links
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Media related to Götene Municipality at Wikimedia Commons- Götene Municipality - Official site
- Läckö Kinnekulle Tourism - In Swedish, English and German
