Tidaholm
Sign in to saveTidaholm () is a locality and the seat of Tidaholm Municipality in Västergötland Province within Västra Götaland County, Sweden, consisting of 520 square kilometers, or a little more than 200 square miles. It is located on the Tidan River, the only river in Sweden that flows north. Two islands are included within the municipality's limits: Vulcanön and Turbinhusön, the former was originally Tidaholm's industrial center and the latter historically housed the Turbine. As of 2021, there were 13,000 inhabitants.
Key facts
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- Tidaholm
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- Vättaks kyrka Tidaholm.jpg
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- Vättak's Church in Tidaholm, Sweden.
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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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- Tidaholm Municipality
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- County
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- Västra Götaland County
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- Province
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- Västergötland
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 5.70
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 31 December 2020
- Settlement.population_total
- 12,790
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 1408
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Industrial gallery
- The islands
- Vulcanön island
- Turbinhusön island
- Sites
- Architectural gallery
- Greater Tidaholm
- Helliden Castle
- External links
- References
Tidaholm () is a locality and the seat of Tidaholm Municipality in Västergötland Province within Västra Götaland County, Sweden, consisting of 520 square kilometers, or a little more than 200 square miles. It is located on the Tidan River, the only river in Sweden that flows north. Two islands are included within the municipality's limits: Vulcanön and Turbinhusön, the former was originally Tidaholm's industrial center and the latter historically housed the Turbine. As of 2021, there were 13,000 inhabitants.
==History== Historically, the city was known as Agnetorp. Tidaholm was detached from Baltak parish as a merchant town (köping) in 1895. In 1910, it was established as the city of Tidaholm, and it has served as the seat of the much larger Tidaholm Municipality since 1974. In 1997, its county name changed as well, when Skaraborg County merged with the counties of Gothenburg, Bohus and Älvsborg to form Västra Götaland County.