Borås Municipality

Borås Municipality is a municipality in in western . Its seat is located in the city of . In 1971 the City of Borås was made a municipality when the unitary type of local government unit was introduced in Sweden.
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  • Type: municipality of Sweden with 115,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
  • Also known as: 1490” and “Borås kommun
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Borås Arena and Ryavallen.

Stadium
The is a football in , . It is the home ground of IF Elfsborg and Norrby IF and was opened in 2005. has an artificial turf pitch, GreenFields MX by GreenFields, and has a capacity of 14,500.

Pitch
Photo: Tooga, CC BY 3.0.
is a multi-purpose stadium in , Sweden, mainly used for soccer and track and field athletics.

Stadium
is an indoor arena located in , . It is Borås HC's current home arena and has a capacity of 3,700 spectators.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borås and Brämhult.

is a city and the seat of 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 .

Suburb
is a locality in Borås Municipality, , . 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, is a suburb of . is situated 4 km east of Borås Municipality.

Village
is a locality situated in Borås Municipality, , . It had 917 inhabitants in 2010. is situated 5 km northeast of Borås Municipality.

Borås Municipality

Latitude
57.7378° or 57° 44′ 16″ north
Longitude
12.9408° or 12° 56′ 27″ east
Population
115,000
Elevation
150 metres (492 feet)
Open location code
9F9JPWQR+48
Geo­Names ID
2720496
Wiki­data ID
Q894327
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Borås Municipality” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Komuna Borås
  • Asturian: Borås kommun
  • Asturian: Borås
  • Asturian: conceyu de Borås (Suecia)
  • Basque: Borås udalerria
  • Belarusian: Бурас (камуна)
  • Belarusian: Бурас
  • Belarusian: Бурос (грамада)
  • Belarusian: Бурос (камуна)
  • Belarusian: Бурос
  • Belarusian: камуна Бурас
  • Bulgarian: Бурос (община)
  • Bulgarian: Бурос
  • Catalan: municipi de Borås
  • Cebuano: Borås Kommun
  • Chinese: Borås Chū-tī-chhī
  • Chinese: 布罗斯市镇
  • Danish: Borås kommun
  • Danish: Borås Kommune
  • Dutch: Borås
  • Esperanto: Borås kommun
  • Esperanto: Borås
  • Esperanto: komunumo Borås
  • Faroese: Borås kommuna
  • Finnish: Boråsin Kaupunki
  • Finnish: Boråsin kunta
  • French: Borås
  • French: Commune de Boras
  • French: Commune de borås
  • French: Commune de Borås
  • French: Commune De Borås
  • Galician: Borås (municipio)
  • Galician: Concello de Borås
  • German: Borås
  • Hebrew: בורוס
  • Hungarian: Borås község
  • Italian: Borås
  • Italian: Municipalità di Borås
  • Korean: 보로스시
  • Ladin: Borås
  • Limburgan: Borås
  • Lithuanian: Boras
  • Lombard: Borå
  • Low German: Kommun Borås
  • Min Nan Chinese: Borås Chū-tī-chhī
  • Moksha: Бурос
  • Northern Frisian: Borås
  • Northern Sami: Borås gielda
  • Northern Sami: Boråsa gielda
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Borås kommun
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Borås kommune
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Borås kommun
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Borås kommune
  • Norwegian: Borås kommune
  • Ossetian: Буросы коммунæ
  • Persian: بخش بوروس
  • Polish: Gmina Borås
  • Portuguese: Boras
  • Portuguese: Borås
  • Romanian: Comuna Borås
  • Russian: Бурос
  • Scots: Boras Municipality
  • Scots: Borås Municipality
  • Scottish Gaelic: Borås
  • Slovenian: Borås kommun
  • Slovenian: Občina Borås
  • Spanish: Municipio de Borås
  • Swedish: Borås kommun
  • Swedish: Borås Stad
  • Swedish: Borås
  • Ukrainian: Бурос
  • Vietnamese: Borås (đô thị)
  • Vietnamese: Borås
  • Borås

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Borås Zoo and Sjöbo Church.

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