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Vänersborg Municipality

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Seat
  
ISO 3166 code
  
SE

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Municipal code
  
1487

Vänersborg Municipality

Points of interest
  
Kungajaktmuseet Älgens Berg, Gaddesanna, Ecopark Halle‑Hunneberg, Hunneberg, Vassända kyrkoruin

Vänersborg Municipality (Vänersborgs kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Vänersborg.

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Map of V%C3%A4nersborg, Sweden

The present municipality was created during the local government reform in the early 1970s. In 1971 the City of Vänersborg became a municipality of unitary type and three years later it was amalgamated with three surrounding municipalities. The number of original local government entities (as of 1863) is eight.

Localities

  • Brålanda, 1,500 inhabitants
  • Frändefors, 600
  • Katrinedal, 300
  • Nordkroken, 400
  • Vargön, 5,000
  • Vänersborg (seat), 22,000
  • Twin towns — Sister cities

    The following cities are twinned with Vänersborg:

  • Arsuk, Sermersooq, Greenland
  • Åland Islands, Finland
  • Eiði, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands
  • Herning, Midtjylland, Denmark
  • Lich, Hesse, Germany
  • Husby, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
  • Kangasala, Western Finland, Finland
  • Siglufjörður, Eyjafjörður, Iceland
  • Holmestrand, Vestfold, Norway
  • Räpina, Põlva County, Estonia
  • References

    Vänersborg Municipality Wikipedia


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