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

Borås Municipality Borås kommun
Municipality
Borås Town Hall
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 57°43′N 12°56′E
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Borås
Area [1]
• Total	967.54 km2 (373.57 sq mi)
• Land	909.9 km2 (351.3 sq mi)
• Water	57.64 km2 (22.25 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2021)[2]
• Total	114,091
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland
Municipal code	1490
Website	www.boras.se

In 1971 the City of Borås was made a municipality (kommun) when the unitary type of local government unit was introduced in Sweden. Three years later many surrounding municipalities were amalgamated with Borås. In 1995 the western part was separated, creating Bollebygd Municipality.

In the 1990s the municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige) decided to use the name ″Borås stad″ or ″City of Borås″ whenever possible, for the whole municipality, including rural areas. This decision is purely nominal and has no effect on the legal status of the municipality.

Localities

Twin towns – sister cities

Borås is twinned with:[3]

• Espelkamp, Germany
• Mikkeli, Finland
• Molde, Norway
• Vejle, Denmark

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Borås Municipality.

• Borås Municipality – Official English site

На других языках

[de] Borås (Gemeinde)