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

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Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 58°32′N 13°29′E
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Götene
Area [1]
• 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 2021)[2]
• Total	13,263
• 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

Population figures from Statistics Sweden.

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

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

External links

• Media related to Götene Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
• Götene Municipality - Official site
• Läckö Kinnekulle Tourism - In Swedish, English and German

На других языках

[ru] Йётене (коммуна)