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Götene Municipality


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Götene Municipality () is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Götene.

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

Population figures from Statistics Sweden.

  • Götene (seat), 4,600
  • Källby, 1,500
  • Lundsbrunn, 900
  • Hällekis, 700

Demographics

This 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.

In total there were 13,244 residents, including 10,275 Swedish citizens of voting age. 48.0% voted for the left coalition and 50.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

LocationSwedish Social Democratic Party}};color:#FFFFFF;"Moderate Party}};color:#FFFFFF;"%%
Götene 11,16488950.647.6
Götene 21,7751,38648.549.6
Götene-Holmestad2,0781,51145.753.7
Hällekis-Forshem2,0441,70254.344.4
Källbyorten2,4371,89048.450.5
Lundsbrunnsorten1,7511,35841.957.3
Sil-Husaby1,9951,53947.951.4
Source: SVT

Sister cities

Götene has a sister city in Lithuania called Pasvalys which has about 7,500 inhabitants.

Tourism

Götene 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

References

  1. (11 September 2022). "Valresultat 2022 för Götene i riksdagsvalet". [[Swedish Television.
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