Borås Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Borås kommun


county=Västra Götaland County
province=Västergötland
capital=Borås


arearank=121st
area=972.98
arealand=915.22
populationrank=13th
population=100,221
densityrank=46th
populationdensity=109.5
website=http://www.boras.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006

Borås Municipality ("Borås kommun") is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Borås.

In 1971 the "City of Borås" was made a municipality ("kommun") when the unitary type of local government unit was introduced in Sweden. Three years later a lot of surrounding municipalities were amalgamated with Borås. In 1995 the western part was split off, creating Bollebygd Municipality.

In the 1990s the municipal assembly ("kommunfullmäktige") decided to use the name "Borås stad" or "City of Borås" whenever possible, for the whole municipality, including rural areas. This decision is purely nominal and has no effect on the legal status of the municipality.

Localities

*Aplared
*Borgstena
*Borås (seat)
*Bredared
*Dalsjöfors
*Dannike
*Fristad
*Kinnarumma
*Målsryd
*Rydboholm
*Rångedala
*Sandared
*Sandhult
*Sjömarken
*Seglora
*Viskafors
*Äspered

International co-operation

The city are twinned with three towns (town twinning) and co-operates with several others.

*Molde, Norway
*Mikkeli, Finland
*Vejle, Denmark

Examples of international co-operations
*Espelkamp, Germany
*Alanya, Turkey

In addition to this there are several different on-going projects and activities.

Twin towns and international co-operation in Borås [http://www.boras.se/inenglish/twintowns.4.1155d9521134d4bd35980008991.html]

External links

* [http://www.boras.se/inenglish.4.633e5e10039748abd7fff44463.html Borås Municipality] - Official English site