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Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Götene Municipality Götene kommun
Municipality
Coat of arms of Götene MunicipalityCoat of arms
Coordinates: 58°32′N 13°29′E / 58.533°N 13.483°E / 58.533; 13.483
CountrySweden
CountyVästra Götaland County
SeatGötene
Area
 • Total620.7686 km (239.6801 sq mi)
 • Land404.5686 km (156.2048 sq mi)
 • Water216.2 km (83.5 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 • Total13,218
 • Density21/km (55/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVästergötland
Municipal code1471
Websitewww.gotene.se

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

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.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Götene Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

In total there were 13,244 residents, including 10,275 Swedish citizens of voting age. 48.0% voted for the left coalition and 50.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location Residents Citizen
adults 		Left vote Right vote Employed Swedish
parents 		Foreign
heritage 		Income
SEK 		Degree
% %
Götene 1 1,164 889 50.6 47.6 82 80 20 24,849 27
Götene 2 1,775 1,386 48.5 49.6 76 79 21 21,884 26
Götene-Holmestad 2,078 1,511 45.7 53.7 78 74 26 23,153 22
Hällekis-Forshem 2,044 1,702 54.3 44.4 82 92 8 24,782 37
Källbyorten 2,437 1,890 48.4 50.5 89 92 8 28,126 41
Lundsbrunnsorten 1,751 1,358 41.9 57.3 87 91 9 27,246 30
Sil-Husaby 1,995 1,539 47.9 51.4 87 89 11 27,647 33
Source: SVT

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

  1. "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Valresultat 2022 för Götene i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

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Places adjacent to Götene Municipality
Vänern Mariestad
Vänern Götene
Lidköping Skara Skövde
Municipalities and seats of Västra Götaland County
Municipalities Coat of arms of Västra Götaland County
Municipal seats
Localities in Götene Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden
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