Gånghester
Gånghester is a locality situated in Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 1,526 inhabitants in 2010.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 2,530 residents
- Description: urban area in Borås Municipality, Sweden
- Also known as: “Ganghester”, “Ganghester and Malsryd”, and “Gånghester och Målsryd”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Målsryds kyrka and Lindåsabäcken.
Målsryds kyrka
Church
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Målsryds kyrka is a church, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Gånghester.
Lindåsabäcken
Nature reserve
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Lindåsabäcken is a nature reserve, which is situated 3½ km south of Gånghester.
Brämhult Church
Church
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Brämhult Church is situated 4 km north of Gånghester.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Målsryd and Brämhult.
Målsryd
Hamlet
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Målsryd is a locality situated in Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 907 inhabitants in 2010. Målsryd is situated 2½ km southeast of Gånghester.
Brämhult
Suburb
Photo: Kemitsv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brämhult is a locality in Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland, Sweden. Brämhult was originally an agrarian village formed around a medieval wooden church, the oldest parts of which have been dated to the mid-15th century. Today, Brämhult is a suburb of Borås. Brämhult is situated 3½ km north of Gånghester.
Borås
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Borås is a city and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 114,556 inhabitants in 2024. It is widely known for being a textile city, home to worldwide brands and companies as well as the prestigious Swedish School of Textiles, which is part of the University of Borås.
Gånghester
- Categories: urban area in Sweden and locality
- Location: Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
57.70155° or 57° 42′ 6″ northLongitude
13.0236° or 13° 1′ 25″ eastPopulation
2,530Elevation
219 metres (719 feet)United Nations Location Code
SE GHROpen location code
9F9MP22F+JCOpenStreetMap ID
node 322079129OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Gånghester” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gånghester”
- Chinese: “Gånghester”
- Danish: “Gånghester”
- Dutch: “Gånghester”
- French: “Gånghester”
- German: “Gånghester”
- Irish: “Gånghester”
- Ladin: “Gånghester och Målsryd”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Gånghester”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gånghester och Målsryd”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gånghester och Målsryd”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gånghester”
- Norwegian: “Gånghester”
- Persian: “گونگهستر”
- Polish: “Gånghester och Målsryd”
- Scots: “Gånghester”
- Swedish: “Gånghester och Målsryd”
- Swedish: “Gånghester”
- Turkish: “Gånghester ve Målsryd”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gånghesters kyrka and Stora Häljasjö.
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