Gothenburg urban area

Gothenburg urban area

Gothenburg urban area ("Göteborgs tätort") is the second largest of the 1,940 localities or urban areas in Sweden. As such it has no administrative or political significance, but is a geographical and statistical entity. The administration is carried out independently by the respective municipalities in which this multimunicipal [ [http://w41.scb.se/templates/Publikation____186288.asp Statistics Sweden] ] locality is situated.

It is the seat of Gothenburg Municipality, Partille Municipality and Mölndal Municipality.

Gothenburg urban area stretches over four municipalities in Västra Götaland County. The population (as of 2005) is 510,491. [ [http://w41.scb.se/templates/Product____13003.asp Statistics Sweden] ]

References

ee also

*Gothenburg
*Greater Gothenburg


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