Grästorp Municipality

Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Grästorps kommun


county=Västra Götaland County
province=Västergötland
capital=Grästorp


arearank=240th
area=281.44
arealand=265.69
populationrank=268th
population=5,809
densityrank=165th
populationdensity=21.9
website=http://www.grastorp.se/
footnotes=Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006

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

Grästorp Municipality is located right in the middle of Västra Götaland County, by the shores of Lake Vänern.

In the year 1900 the village Grästorp was detached from Tengene and made a market town ("köping"). The local government reform of 1952 amalgamated it with twelve surrounding municipalities (among them Tengene). The 1971 reform made the term "köping" obsolete, thus forming Grästorps kommun without amendment of territory.

The area has been inhabited at least since the Viking Age as it contains several runestones. To the left a stone by the church at Sal. The inscription reads "Torgård satte denna sten efter Toke, sin frände", meaning "Torgård raised this stone for Toke, his friend".

Localities

The seat Grästorp (pop. 3,000) is the only built-up locality with more than 200 inhabitants in this predominantly rural area.

External links

* [http://www.grastorp.se/ Grästorp Municipality] - Official site