Skövde Municipality
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Skövde Municipality (Skövde kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland Coonty in wastren Swaden. Its seat is locatit in the ceety o Skövde.
Skövde Municipality Skövde kommun | |
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 Coat airms | |
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| Kintra | Swaden |
| Coonty | Västra Götaland Coonty |
| Seat | Skövde |
| Area | |
| • Total | 685.08 km2 (264.51 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 673.68 km2 (260.11 sq mi) |
| • Water | 11.4 km2 (4.4 sq mi) |
| Aurie as o Januar 1, 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 57,016 |
| • Density | 83/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Västergötland |
| Municipal code | 1496 |
| Website | www.skovde.se |
The present municipality wis formit in 1971 when the Ceety of Skövde wis amalgamatit wi five surroondin municipalities. The number o oreeginal entities (as o 1863) is nearly 30. They haed in 1952 been reducit tae sax.
The single lairgest employer in the municipality is Volvo, wi Volvo Powertrain an Volvo Cars thegither employin approximately 5,000 fowk.
Ither major employers are the hospital (Skaraborg Hospital, servin the Skaraborg region), the local regiments (amang Swaden's lairgest) an the municipality itsel.
University of Skövde is the lairgest university in the toun. It is rankit 21 in the naition's rankin. Informatics an computer science alang wi Bio-informatics an molecular biology are some o the chief internaitional students picks.
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