Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County is a county or län on the western coast of . The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities.
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  • Type: county of Sweden with 1,770,000 residents
  • Description: county (län) in Sweden
  • Also known as: “Älvsborgs län”, “comte de Vastra Gotaland”, “Condado da Västra Götaland”, “Daerah Vastra Gotaland”, “département de Västra Götaland”, “Götaland de l’ouest”, “Göteborgs och Bohus län”, “Hạt Vastra Gotaland”, “Hạt Västra Götaland”, “Länsi-Göötanmaan lääni”, “province de Västra Götaland”, “SE-O”, “Skaraborgs län”, “Vaestra Goetaland County”, “Vastra Gotaland”, “Västra Götaland”, “Vastra Gotaland Coonty”, “Vastra Gotaland ili”, “Vastra Götaland ili”, “Vastra Götaland lan”, “Västra Götaland län”, “Västra Götalándda leatna”, “Västra Götalands”, “Vastra Gotalands lan”, “Vastra Götalands lan”, “Västra Gøtalands län”, “Västra Götalandsko okrožje”, “Vesterjētlande”, “Vestrajetlande”, “Vestrajetlandes lēne”, “Vestrajētlandes lēne”, “Vestrajetlandes lēnis”, “Vestrajētlandes lēnis”, “West-Götaland”, “Zahodni Götaland”, “Κομητεία της Βέστρα Γκέταλαντ”, “Вестра Ґеталанд”, “Вестра Ґьоталанд”, “Вэстра-Ёталянд”, “Западнојеталандски округ”, “Лен Вестра Геталанд”, “Лен Вестра Гёталанд”, “лен Вестра Йоталанд”, “Лен Вестра-Гёталанд”, “Лен Вестра-Йеталанд”, “Лен Вестра-Йёталанд”, “лэн Вэстра Ёталянд”, “Округ Вестра Јеталанд”, “провинция Вастре Гьоталанд”, “וסטרגוטלנד”, “محافظة وسترا يوتالاند”, “वेस्त्रा गौटालैंड काउंटी”, “베스트라 예탈란드 주”, “西約特蘭省”, and “西约特兰省”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Gamla Gäsene Tingshus and Södra Björke Church.

Community center
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is a community center.

Church
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Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Herrljunga and Ljung.

Town
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is a locality and the seat of , Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 3,822 inhabitants in 2010. is situated 9 km north of Västra Götaland County.

Village
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and Annelund, also sometimes known as Mörlanda, is a locality situated in Herrljunga Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 1,215 inhabitants in 2020.

Västra Götaland County

Latitude
58° north
Longitude
13° east
Population
1,770,000
Elevation
146 metres (479 feet)
Open location code
9FCM2222+22
Geo­Names ID
3337386
Wiki­data ID
Q103093
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Västra Götaland County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “qarku i Vastra Gotalandit”
  • Amharic: “ቬስትራ ጌታላንድ”
  • Arabic: “محافظة فسترا يوتالاند”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة فسترا يوتالاند”
  • Aragonese: “Condau de Västra Götaland”
  • Armenian: “Վեստրա Գյոթալանդ”
  • Asturian: “Provincia de Västra Götaland”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vestra-Qetaland”
  • Balinese: “County Västra Götaland”
  • Basque: “Västra Götalandeko konderria”
  • Belarusian: “Вестра-Гёталанд”
  • Belarusian: “Вэстра Ёталянд”
  • Belarusian: “лен Вестра-Гёталанд”
  • Bengali: “ভঁসট্রা গোঁটাল্যান্ড কাউন্টি”
  • Bosnian: “Kotar Västra Götaland”
  • Bosnian: “Okrug Västra Götaland”
  • Bulgarian: “Вестра Йоталанд”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Västra Götaland”
  • Catalan: “Västra Götaland”
  • Cebuano: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Chinese: “西約塔蘭省”
  • Chinese: “西约塔兰省”
  • Chuvash: “Вестра-Гёталанд”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Västra Götaland”
  • Croatian: “Županija Västra Götaland”
  • Czech: “Västra Götaland”
  • Danish: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Dutch: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ڤاسترا يوتالاند”
  • Esperanto: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Estonian: “Västra Götalandi lään”
  • Faroese: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Götanmaan lääni”
  • French: “comté de Västra Götaland”
  • French: “Comté de Västra Götaland”
  • French: “Västra Götaland”
  • Galician: “condado de Västra Götaland”
  • Galician: “Condado de Västra Götaland”
  • German: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Βέστρα Γκέταλαντ”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Βέστρα Γκέταλαντ”
  • Gujarati: “વાસ્ટ્રા ગોટલેન્ડ કાઉન્ટી”
  • Hausa: “Vaestra Goetaland”
  • Hebrew: “וסטרה ייטלנד”
  • Hindi: “वेस्त्रा योतालान्द लैन”
  • Hungarian: “Västra Götaland megye”
  • Icelandic: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Ido: “Komtio Westal Götaland”
  • Indonesian: “Daerah Västra Götaland”
  • Irish: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Italian: “contea di Västra Götaland”
  • Italian: “Contea di Västra Götaland”
  • Japanese: “ヴェストラ・イェータランド県”
  • Javanese: “Vaestra Goetaland”
  • Kannada: “ವಾಸ್ಟ್ರಾ ಗೋಲ್ಟಾಂಡ್ ಕೌಂಟಿಯು”
  • Kazakh: “Вестра Гёталанд”
  • Kirghiz: “Вестра Гётланд”
  • Kirghiz: “Вестра-Гөталанд лени”
  • Korean: “베스트라예탈란드주”
  • Kurdish: “Västra Götaland (län)”
  • Kurdish: “Västra Götaland”
  • Ladin: “Contea de Västra Götaland”
  • Latin: “Gothiae Occidentalis Comitatus”
  • Latin: “Provincia Gothiae Occidentalis”
  • Latvian: “Vesterjētlandes lēne”
  • Limburgan: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Lithuanian: “Vestra Jotalandas”
  • Lithuanian: “Vestra Jotalando lėnas”
  • Lombard: “contea de Västra Götaland”
  • Lombard: “Contea de Västra Götaland”
  • Low German: “Lehn Westgötland”
  • Macedonian: “Вестра Јеталанд”
  • Malay: “Daerah Västra Götaland”
  • Maltese: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Marathi: “व्हॅस्टर गोटलंड काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “اوربرو اوستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Västra Götaland Koān”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Västra Götaland Kōan”
  • Mingrelian: “ვესტრა-გიოტალანდი (ლენი)”
  • Mingrelian: “ვესტრა-გიოტალანდი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Västra Götaland (Prowins)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Västra Götaland”
  • Northern Sami: “Oarje-Götalándda leatna”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Norwegian: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Oromo: “Vaestra Goetaland”
  • Ossetian: “Вестрæ-Гёталанд”
  • Panjabi: “ਵੈਸਟਰਾ ਗੋਟਲੈਂਡ”
  • Persian: “استان وسترا گوتلاند”
  • Persian: “شهرستان وسترا یوتلاند”
  • Polish: “Västra Götaland”
  • Polish: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Portuguese: “condado da Västra Götaland”
  • Portuguese: “Västra Götaland”
  • Pushto: “وسترا گوتالاند”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Västra Götaland”
  • Romanian: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Russian: “Вестра-Гёталанд”
  • Scots: “Västra Götaland Coonty”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Serbian: “Vestra Jetaland”
  • Serbian: “Вестра Јеталанд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Västra Götaland”
  • Sinhala: “වස්ට්‍රා ගෝටලන්ඩ් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Västra Götaland”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Västra Götaland”
  • Slovenian: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Somali: “Vaestra Goetaland”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Gotia Occidental”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Västra Götaland”
  • Swahili: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Swedish: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Västra Götaland”
  • Tajik: “Вестра Гёталанд”
  • Tamil: “வஸ்ட்ராங் கோட்டலான்ட் கவுண்டி”
  • Tatar: “Вестра Гёталанд”
  • Telugu: “వాస్ట్రా గోటాలాండ్ కౌంటీ”
  • Thai: “เทศมณฑลเว็สตราเยอตาลันด์”
  • Turkish: “Västra Götaland ili”
  • Turkish: “Västra Götaland”
  • Ukrainian: “Вестра-Йоталанд”
  • Ukrainian: “лен Вестра-Йоталанд”
  • Urdu: “واسترا یوتالاند کاؤنٹی”
  • Uzbek: “Vastera Gotaland”
  • Venetian: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Vietnamese: “hạt Västra Götaland”
  • Vietnamese: “Västra Götaland”
  • Volapük: “Götaläniän Vesüdik”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Västra Götaland”
  • Welsh: “Sir Västra Götaland”
  • Western Frisian: “Västra Götalands län”
  • Wu Chinese: “西约塔兰省”
  • “SE232”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Lutebo and Frinnestad.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Grude Church and Asklanda Church.

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