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Götaland

Västergötland

Västergötland, literally translated as western , is one of 's most populous provinces. Several different subdivisions have been used during the centuries, and the province has been conjoined with and to form the enormous Western Götaland County, with municipal confederations overlapping provincial borders.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Gothenburg and Borås.

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is 's second largest city with 570,000 inhabitants, and about 1 million in the metropolitan area. The city lies on Sweden's west coast, at the outlet of the Göta river.

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is a city and the seat of , 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 .

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is an industrial city in . It lies in Västergötland province in the modern region, and has 53,000 inhabitants.

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is a locality and urban centre in and , in the Västergötland in central southern . is situated around 150 km northeast of , between Sweden's two largest lakes, and .

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is a city with about 27,000 inhabitants in the Västergötland region of . It is known for its many cafes and as the birthplace of Jonas Alströmer, the man who brought the potato to Sweden.

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is a city in the county of Västra Götaland and the historic province of Västergötland. It is located on lake Vänern, the largest lake in Europe outside Russia. It has 22,000 inhabitants.

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is a locality and the seat of in , Sweden. It had 16,350 inhabitants in 2010.

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is a city with about 25,000 inhabitants in the province Västergötland in . It is by the lake Vänern.

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is a locality and the seat of , , with 18,580 inhabitants in 2013. Despite its small size, it is one of the oldest cities in Sweden, and has a long educational and ecclesiastical history.

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is a town with about 15,000 inhabitants in the province Västergötland in . It is by the lake Vänern. It has a long history and has played an important part in Swedish history.

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is a municipality in Sjuhäradsbygden with just over 33,000 inhabitants. It includes the towns of Fritsla, Horred, Kinna, Skene, Sätila and Örby as well as several smaller villages.

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is a town in Västergötland in . The town itself has around 5,000 inhabitants, with around 13,000 in the municipality. The Kinnekulle table mountain overlooks lake Vänern and the flat farmlands.

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is a town of 11,000 people in Västergötland in southwestern Sweden. municipality has 25,000 inhabitants.

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is a city and the seat of Municipality in Västergötland, , with 7,920 inhabitants in 2005.

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is a locality and the seat of , , . It had 3,551 inhabitants in 2010. This garrison town lies at the shore of lake in Västergötland.

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is a civil parish and a locality situated in , , with 13,830 inhabitants in the parish in 2009. The Swedish comic creator Rune Andreasson was born in this small town 1925.

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The archipelago of Gothenburg comprises northern and southern archipelagoes in the . The southern archipelago is part of Gothenburg municipality located in the province of Västergötland while the northern archipelago is Öckerö municipality, located in the province of .

Västergötland

Latitude of center
58.0167° or 58° 1′ north
Longitude of center
13.05° or 13° 3′ east
Population
1,380,000
Elevation
180 metres (591 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2664351
Wiki­data ID
Q213551
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Frisian—“Västergötland” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Västergötland”
  • Arabic: “فستريوتلاند”
  • Armenian: “Վեստերգյոտլանդ”
  • Armenian: “Վեստերյոտլանդ”
  • Asturian: “Vestrogotia”
  • Basque: “Västergötland”
  • Belarusian: “Вестэргётланд”
  • Belarusian: “Вэстэр’ётлянд”
  • Belarusian: “Вэстэргётлянд”
  • Breton: “Västergötland”
  • Catalan: “Västergötland”
  • Chinese: “Västergötland”
  • Chinese: “西哥得蘭”
  • Chinese: “西約塔蘭”
  • Chinese: “西約特蘭”
  • Chinese: “西约特兰”
  • Croatian: “Västergötland”
  • Czech: “Västergötland”
  • Danish: “Væstergøtland”
  • Danish: “Västergötland”
  • Danish: “Vestergötland”
  • Danish: “Vestergøtland”
  • Dutch: “Västergötland”
  • Esperanto: “Vastergotland”
  • Esperanto: “Västergötland”
  • Esperanto: “Vestrogotio”
  • Estonian: “Västergötland”
  • Estonian: “Västergötlandi maakond”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Göötanmaa”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Götanmaa”
  • Finnish: “Västergötland”
  • French: “Västergötland”
  • French: “Wästergötland”
  • French: “Westrogothie”
  • French: “Gothie occidentale” (historical)
  • Galician: “Västergötland”
  • German: “Västergötland”
  • Greek: “Βέστεργκέτλαντ”
  • Greek: “Δυτικό Γκότλαντ”
  • Hebrew: “וסטרגוטלנד”
  • Hebrew: “וסטרה ייטלנד”
  • Hindi: “वास्टरगोटलैंड”
  • Hungarian: “Västergötland tartomány”
  • Icelandic: “Vestur-Gautland”
  • Italian: “Vastergotland”
  • Italian: “Västergötland”
  • Italian: “Vestrogothland”
  • Japanese: “ヴェステルイェートランド地方”
  • Korean: “베스테르예틀란드”
  • Latin: “Gothia occidentalis”
  • Latin: “Westrogothia”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Västergötland”
  • Mingrelian: “ვესტერგიოტლანდიშ პროვინცია”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Västergötaland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Västergötland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vestergøtland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Västergötland”
  • Norwegian: “Västergötland”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Västergötland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Westgeatland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ƿestȝeatland”
  • Ossetian: “Вестергётланд”
  • Persian: “وسترگوتلاند”
  • Persian: “وسترگوت‌لند”
  • Persian: “وستریوتلاند”
  • Polish: “Västergötland”
  • Portuguese: “Província histórica de Västergötland”
  • Portuguese: “Västergötland”
  • Pushto: “وسترګوتلاند”
  • Romanian: “Västergötland”
  • Russian: “Вестергётланд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Västergötland”
  • Slovak: “Västergötland”
  • Slovenian: “Västergötland”
  • Spanish: “Västergötland”
  • Spanish: “Vestrogotia”
  • Swedish: “Västergötland”
  • Tatar: “Вестергөтланд”
  • Turkish: “Västergötland”
  • Ukrainian: “Вестерйотланд”
  • Uzbek: “Västergötland”
  • Vietnamese: “Västergötland”
  • Volapük: “Vesüda-Götläniän”
  • Welsh: “Västergötland”
  • Western Frisian: “Västergötland”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Västergötland”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.