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Västerås Municipality

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Country
  
Sweden

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Website
  
www.vasteras.se

Municipal code
  
1980

Seat
  
Västerås

ISO 3166 code
  
SE

Population
  
136,160 (31 Mar 2010)

Province
  
Västmanland County

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University
  
Mälardalen University College

Points of interest
  
Vallby Friluftsmuseum, Anundshög, Kokpunkten, Karlsgatan 2, Kungsbyn Djurpark

Clubs and Teams
  
VIK Västerås HK, Västerås SK Fotboll, Västerås SK Bandy, Västerås SS

Västerås Municipality (Västerås kommun) is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Västerås.

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The municipality prefers to use the denomination Västerås stad (City of Västerås) for the whole territory, including rural areas.

The municipality evolved gradually during the municipal reforms in Sweden. Most of the amalgamations took place in 1967 and the municipality in its present form was created in 1971. There are 30 original local government units within the present municipality.

Localities

The largest towns with pop. figures from 2005:

  • Västerås (seat) 107,000 (fifth largest in the country)
  • Skultuna 3,200
  • Hökåsen 2,800
  • Irsta 2,500
  • Kvicksund 1,700 (partly in Eskilstuna Municipality)
  • Dingtuna 1,000

    • Twin towns — Sister cities

    Västerås is twinned with:

  • Lahti, Finland 1940
  • Randers Municipality, Denmark 1947
  • Ålesund, Norway 1947
  • Akureyri, Iceland 1953
  • České Budějovice, Czech Republic 1964
  • Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1969
  • Kassel, Germany 1972
  • Phenix City, United States
  • Gaborone, Botswana 2011

    • References

    Västerås Municipality Wikipedia
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