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Hjo Municipality
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municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
Key facts
- Country
- Sweden
- County
- Västra Götaland County
- Seat
- Hjo
- Total
- 584.47 km (225.67 sq mi)
- Land
- 297.04 km (114.69 sq mi)
- Water
- 287.43 km (110.98 sq mi)
- Density
- 31.42/km (81.39/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- SE
- Province
- Västergötland
- Website
- www.hjo.se
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Hjo Municipality (Swedish: Hjo kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Hjo.
The municipality was created in 1971, when the City of Hjo was amalgamated with a part of the rural municipality Värsås. In 1974 parts of Fröjered and Fågelås were added.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hjo Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.