Skara
Sign in to saveSkara is a locality and the seat of Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 11,475 inhabitants in 2023. Despite its small size, it is one of the oldest cities in Sweden, and has a long educational and ecclesiastical history. One of Sweden's oldest high schools, Katedralskolan (cathedral school), is situated in Skara. The former county of Skaraborg was named after a fortress near the town.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Skara
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- Skara centrum.jpeg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Skara Cathedral
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- Skara vapen.svg
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- Sweden Västra Götaland#Sweden
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- Country
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- Sweden
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- Municipality
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- Skara Municipality
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- County
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- Västra Götaland County
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- Province
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- Västergötland
- Settlement.established_date3
- 988
- Settlement.established_title3
- Charter
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 8.4
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 31 December 2024
- Settlement.population_total
- 11 475
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Skara is a locality and the seat of Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 11,475 inhabitants in 2023. Despite its small size, it is one of the oldest cities in Sweden, and has a long educational and ecclesiastical history. One of Sweden's oldest high schools, Katedralskolan (cathedral school), is situated in Skara. The former county of Skaraborg was named after a fortress near the town.
==Geography== Skara is located by the E20 motorway, about northeast of Gothenburg, in the centre of Västergötland. Across the hills to its east is the somewhat larger town of Skövde, about away.