Skövde Municipality
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municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
OverviewAI-generated
Skövde Municipality, also known as Skövde Kommun, is an active government entity located in Sweden. Its legal name is Skövde kommun, and it operates within the jurisdiction of SE. The municipality is situated in the city of Skövde.
The organization was established on January 1, 1971. It currently employs 4,925 people. The recorded population is 58,272.
Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, ROR, GLEIF. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Country
- Sweden
- County
- Västra Götaland County
- Seat
- Skövde
- Total
- 685.08 km (264.51 sq mi)
- Land
- 673.68 km (260.11 sq mi)
- Water
- 11.4 km (4.4 sq mi)
- Density
- 86.090/km (222.97/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- SE
- Province
- Västergötland
- Website
- www.skovde.se
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 1971
- Location
- Skövde, Sweden
- Also known as
- Skövde Kommun
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.451860.e
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- business
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Skaraborg County
- Capital
- Skövde
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 58272
- Area
- 11.46
- Shares border with
- Tibro Municipality
- Headquarters
- Skövde
- Employees
- 4875
- Legal form
- municipality of Sweden
- Official website
- www.skovde.se
- Image
- Stadshuset.jpg
Show 15 more facts
- short name
- Skövde
- Commons category
- Skövde Municipality
- topic's main category
- Category:Skövde Municipality
- twinned administrative body
- Zhangjiakou
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Skövde Municipality
- owner of
- Skövde Airport
- inception
- 1971-01-01
- catchphrase
- Händelsernas centrum / Sveriges nya mötesplats
- social media followers
- 1370
- citizens' initiative URL
- skovde.se/kommun-politik/Sa-kan-du-paverka/Medborgarforslag
- phone number
- +46-500-49-80-00
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- freedom of information requests URL
- handlingar.se/en/new/skovde_municipality
- number of viewers/listeners
- 503833
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Encyclopedic overview
Skövde Municipality (Swedish: Skövde kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Skövde.
The present municipality was formed in 1971 when the City of Skövde was amalgamated with five surrounding municipalities. The number of original entities (as of 1863) is nearly 30. They had in 1952 been reduced to six.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skövde Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.