Västerås Municipality
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municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden
Key facts
- Country
- Sweden
- County
- Västmanland County
- Seat
- Västerås
- Total
- 1,137.835976 km (439.320926 sq mi)
- Land
- 959.015976 km (370.278138 sq mi)
- Water
- 178.82 km (69.04 sq mi)
- Density
- 167.93/km (434.94/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Iso 3166 code
- SE
- Province
- Västmanland
- Website
- www.vasteras.se
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Government
- Founded
- 1971
- Location
- Västerås, Sweden
- Also known as
- Västerås kommun
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.452001.2 · ISNI 0000 0004 0618 7072
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Sweden
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Västmanland County
- Capital
- Västerås
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 161240
- Area
- 179.46
- Shares border with
- Sala Municipality
- Employees
- 9725
- Legal form
- municipality of Sweden
- Official website
- www.vasteras.se
- Image
- Västerås stadshus September 2014 02.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Västerås Municipality
- Commons category
- Västerås Municipality
- twinned administrative body
- Gaborone
- short name
- Västerås
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Västerås Municipality
- inception
- 1971-01-01
- catchphrase
- Mälarstaden / Alltid bästa möjliga möte
- social media followers
- 4104
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.vasteras.se/kommun-och-politik/synpunkter-och-forslag/e-forslag.html
- different from
- Västerås
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- number of viewers/listeners
- 1776349
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Encyclopedic overview
Västerås Municipality (Swedish: Västerås kommun) is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Västerås.
The municipality prefers to use the denomination Västerås stad (City of Västerås) for the whole territory, including rural areas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Västerås Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.