Essunga Municipality
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municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Key facts
- Country
- Sweden
- County
- Västra Götaland County
- Seat
- Nossebro
- Total
- 235.73 km (91.02 sq mi)
- Land
- 234.63 km (90.59 sq mi)
- Water
- 1.1 km (0.42 sq mi)
- Density
- 23.79/km (61.61/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- SE
- Province
- Västergötland
- Website
- www.essunga.se
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Sweden
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Västra Götaland County
- Capital
- Nossebro
- Population
- 5559
- Area
- 1.12
- Shares border with
- Vara Municipality
- Employees
- 575
- Legal form
- municipality of Sweden
- Official website
- www.essunga.se
- Image
- Nossebro brandstation.jpg
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- Commons category
- Essunga Municipality
- topic's main category
- Category:Essunga Municipality
- short name
- Essunga
- inception
- 1983-01-01
- catchphrase
- Liten, lantlig, lycklig
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.essunga.se/kommun--politik/politik-och-demokrati/dialog-och-synpunkter.html
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- separated from
- Vara Municipality
- phone number
- +46-512-57000
- freedom of information requests URL
- handlingar.se/en/new/municipality_of_essunga
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Encyclopedic overview
Essunga Municipality (Swedish: Essunga kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Nossebro.
The 1952 municipal reform in Sweden saw the creation of Essunga Municipality out of eight original entities. In 1974 it was dissolved and part of Vara Municipality until 1983, when it was reestablished within the boundaries of 1952. The village of Essunga is a minor settlement just east of Nossebro.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Essunga Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.