Västra Götaland County
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Västra Götaland County (Swedish: Västra Götalands län) is a county or län on the western coast of Sweden.
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Västra Götaland County
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Country | Sweden |
Founded | 1 January 1998 |
Capital | Gothenburg |
Municipalities | 49
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Government | |
• Governor | Lars Bäckström |
• Council | Västra Götaland Regional Council |
Area | |
• Total | 25,247 km2 (9,748 sq mi) |
Population (31 December 2023)[1] | |
• Total | 1,767,016 |
• Density | 70/km2 (180/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• Total | SEK 711 billion €76.030 billion (2015) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | SE-O |
NUTS Region | SE232 |
Website | www |
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The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (kommuner). Its population of 1,616,000 amounts to 17% of Sweden's population.[needs update] The formal capital and seat of the governor of Västra Götaland County is Gothenburg. The political capital and seat of the Västra Götaland Regional Council is Vänersborg.
The county was established on 1 January 1998, when Älvsborg County, Gothenburg and Bohus County and Skaraborg County were merged.