Gothenburg Municipality

Summary

Gothenburg Municipality is a municipality of Sweden^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of municipality_of_sweden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Gothenburg Municipality is located in Västra Götaland County^[3].
• Gothenburg Municipality is in the country of Sweden^[4].
• Gothenburg Municipality is on the body of water Göta älv^[5].
• Gothenburg Municipality's head of government is recorded as Jonas Attenius^[6].
• Gothenburg Municipality's instance of is recorded as municipality of Sweden^[7].
• Gothenburg Municipality's capital is recorded as Gothenburg^[8].
• Gothenburg Municipality's official language is recorded as Swedish^[9].
• Gothenburg Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Ale Municipality^[10].
• Gothenburg Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Härryda Municipality^[11].
• Gothenburg Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Kungälv Municipality^[12].
• Gothenburg Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Kungsbacka Municipality^[13].
• Gothenburg Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Lerum Municipality^[14].
• Gothenburg Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Partille Municipality^[15].
• Gothenburg Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Mölndal Municipality^[16].
• Gothenburg Municipality's shares border with is recorded as Öckerö Municipality^[17].
• Gothenburg Municipality's main regulatory text is recorded as The Swedish Local Government Act^[18].
• Gothenburg Municipality's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bergen^[19].
• Gothenburg Municipality's twinned administrative body is recorded as Turku^[20].
• Gothenburg Municipality's twinned administrative body is recorded as Aarhus^[21].
• Gothenburg Municipality's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kraków^[22].
• Gothenburg Municipality's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chicago^[23].
• Gothenburg Municipality's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lyon^[24].
• Gothenburg Municipality's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality^[25].
• Gothenburg Municipality's twinned administrative body is recorded as Shanghai^[26].
• Gothenburg Municipality's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rostock^[27].

Body

Founding

January 1, 1971 marks the founding of Gothenburg Municipality^[28].

Identity

Part of include Västergötland^[29], a province of Sweden^[30], in Sweden^[31]; Bohuslän^[32], a province of Sweden^[33], in Sweden^[34]; and Q61480583^[35], a judicial district^[36], in Sweden^[37], founded in 1971^[38].

Why It Matters

Gothenburg Municipality ranks in the top 2% of municipality_of_sweden entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (181 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]