Skövde Municipality
Skövde Municipality 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.- Type: Municipality with 58,000 residents
- Description: municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
- Also known as: “1496”, “Commune de Skovde”, “Commune de skövde”, “conceyu de Skövde (Suecia)”, “Gmina Skovde”, “komunumo Skövde”, “Municipalità di Skövde”, “Občina Skövde”, “Skoevde Kommun”, “Skövde (Švédsko)”, “Skøvde kommun”, “Skövdes kommun”, and “коммуна Шёвде”
- Neighbors: Götene and Mariestad
Places of Interest
Highlights: Forsby Church and Elins Esplanad.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skövde and Igelstorp.
Skövde Municipality
- Categories: municipality of Sweden, business, and locality
- Location: Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
58.4167° or 58° 25′ north
Longitude
13.9167° or 13° 55′ east
Population
58,000
Elevation
112 metres (367 feet)
Open location code
9FCMCW88+MM
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Skövde Municipality” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Skövde”
- Basque: “Skövde udalerria”
- Belarusian: “Шэўдэ”
- Bulgarian: “Шьовде”
- Cebuano: “Skövde Kommun”
- Chinese: “舍夫德市鎮”
- Chinese: “舍夫德市镇”
- Czech: “Skövde”
- Danish: “Skövde kommun”
- Danish: “Skövde Kommune”
- Dutch: “Skövde”
- Esperanto: “Skövde”
- Faroese: “Skövde kommuna”
- Finnish: “Skövden kunta”
- Finnish: “Skövden Kunta”
- French: “Skövde”
- Galician: “Concello de Skövde”
- Galician: “Skövde”
- German: “Skövde”
- Hungarian: “Skövde község”
- Italian: “Skövde”
- Japanese: “ショーヴデ”
- Korean: “셰브데시”
- Ladin: “Skövde”
- Limburgan: “Skövde”
- Lombard: “Skövde”
- Low German: “Kommun Skövde”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Skövde Chū-tī-chhī”
- Northern Frisian: “Skövde (Komuun)”
- Northern Frisian: “Skövde”
- Northern Sami: “Skövde gielda”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skövde kommune”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skövde kommun”
- Norwegian: “Skövde Kommun”
- Norwegian: “Skøvde Kommun”
- Norwegian: “Skövde kommune”
- Ossetian: “Шёвдейы коммунæ”
- Persian: “بخش هووده”
- Polish: “Gmina Skövde”
- Portuguese: “Skövde”
- Romanian: “Comuna Skövde”
- Russian: “Шёвде”
- Scots: “Skövde Municipality”
- Slovak: “Skövde”
- Slovenian: “Skövde kommun”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Skövde”
- Swedish: “Skövde kommun”
- Ukrainian: “Шевде”
- Vietnamese: “Skövde”
- Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Skövde”
- “Skövde kommun”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Trädgårdsstaden and Locketorp.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Trädgårdsstadens skolas idrottshall and Åbergs damm.
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Worth a closer look: Stockholm and Uppsala.
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