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Västra Götaland Coonty (Swadish: Västra Götalands län) is a coonty or län on the wastren coast o Swaden.
Västra Götaland Västra Götalands län | |
|---|---|
 Coat airms  | |
| Kintra | Swaden |
| Caipital | Gothenburg |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Lars Bäckström |
| • Cooncil | Västra Götaland Regional Cooncil |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23945 km2 (9,245 sq mi) |
| Population (31 Mairch 2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,589,016 |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| GDP/ Nominal | SEK 386,538 million (2004) |
| GDP per capita | SEK 376,900 (2010) |
| NUTS Region | SE232 |
The coonty is the seicont lairgest (in terms o population) o Swaden's coonties an it is subdividit intae 49 municipalities (kommuner). Its population o 1,550,000 amoonts tae 17% o Swaden's population. The caipital an govrenmental seat o Västra Götaland Coonty is Gothenburg.
The coonty wis established as recently as 1998, when Älvsborg Coonty, Gothenburg an Bohus Coonty an Skaraborg Coonty wur mergit.
Sweden's coonties are generally o greater importance than its provinces. The coonties are the main admeenistrative units for politics, population coonts.
Due tae its size an young age, the Västra Götaland Coonty haes nae common inheritance. O cultural an historical significant are the provinces that Västra Götaland Coonty consists o: Västergötland, Bohuslän an Dalsland. There is an aw an insignificant pairt o the province Halland athin the coonty.
In addition, the previous coonties that wur abolished in 1999 haed been in uise syne the 17t century, an therefore hae some cultural an historical significance.
Västra Götaland Coonty borders tae the coonties o Värmland, Örebro, Östergötland, Jönköping an Halland. It is an aw bundit bi the Norse coonty o Østfold, lakes Vättern an Vänern, as well as the strait o Skagerrak.
Västra Götaland wis creatit in 1998 bi a merger o the three umwhile coonties o Gothenburg an Bohus Coonty, Älvsborg Coonty an Skaraborg County. The seat o residence for the Govrenors or Landshövding is Gothenburg, while the seat o poleetical admeenistration an pouer is Vänersborg. The Govrenor is the heid o the Coonty Admeenistrative Board or Länsstyrelse.
The Västra Götaland Regional Cooncil or Västra Götalandsregionen is an evolved Coonty Cooncil that for a trial period haes assumed certain tasks frae the Coonty Admeenistrative Board. Similar trial cooncils are appleed for Skåne Coonty an Gotland Coonty.
The airms for the Coonty o Västra Götaland wis grantit in 1999 when the coonty was formed. It is a combination o the provincial airms o Västergötland, Bohuslän an Dalsland wi the airms for the ceety o Gothenburg. When the airms is shown wi a ryal croun it represents the Coonty Admeenistrative Board, which is the regional presence o (ryal) govrenment authority. Blazon: "Quartered, I. the airms o Gothenburg, II. the airms o Bohuslän, III. the airms o Dalsland turned in courtoisie, IV. the airms o Västergötland."
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