Västra Götaland Coonty

Västra Götaland Coonty (Swadish: Västra Götalands län) is a coonty or län on the wastren coast o Swaden.

Västra Götaland Västra Götalands län
Coonty o Swaden
Coat airms
Kintra	Swaden
Caipital	Gothenburg
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Lars Bäckström
• Cooncil	Västra Götaland Regional Cooncil
Area
• Total	23945 km2 (9,245 sq mi)
Population  (31 Mairch 2011)
• Total	1,589,016
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
GDP/ Nominal	SEK 386,538 million (2004)
GDP per capita	SEK 376,900 (2010)
NUTS Region	SE232

The coonty is the seicont lairgest (in terms o population) o Swaden's coonties an it is subdividit intae 49 municipalities (kommuner). Its population o 1,550,000 amoonts tae 17% o Swaden's population. The caipital an govrenmental seat o Västra Götaland Coonty is Gothenburg.

The coonty wis established as recently as 1998, when Älvsborg Coonty, Gothenburg an Bohus Coonty an Skaraborg Coonty wur mergit.

Provinces

Sweden's coonties are generally o greater importance than its provinces. The coonties are the main admeenistrative units for politics, population coonts.

Due tae its size an young age, the Västra Götaland Coonty haes nae common inheritance. O cultural an historical significant are the provinces that Västra Götaland Coonty consists o: Västergötland, Bohuslän an Dalsland. There is an aw an insignificant pairt o the province Halland athin the coonty.

In addition, the previous coonties that wur abolished in 1999 haed been in uise syne the 17t century, an therefore hae some cultural an historical significance.

Neebours

Västra Götaland Coonty borders tae the coonties o Värmland, Örebro, Östergötland, Jönköping an Halland. It is an aw bundit bi the Norse coonty o Østfold, lakes Vättern an Vänern, as well as the strait o Skagerrak.

Admeenistration

Västra Götaland wis creatit in 1998 bi a merger o the three umwhile coonties o Gothenburg an Bohus Coonty, Älvsborg Coonty an Skaraborg County. The seat o residence for the Govrenors or Landshövding is Gothenburg, while the seat o poleetical admeenistration an pouer is Vänersborg. The Govrenor is the heid o the Coonty Admeenistrative Board or Länsstyrelse.

Politics

The Västra Götaland Regional Cooncil or Västra Götalandsregionen is an evolved Coonty Cooncil that for a trial period haes assumed certain tasks frae the Coonty Admeenistrative Board. Similar trial cooncils are appleed for Skåne Coonty an Gotland Coonty.

Municipalities

Ale Alingsås Bengtsfors Bollebygd Borås Dals-Ed Essunga Falköping Färgelanda Grästorp Gullspång Götene Gothenburg Herrljunga Hjo Härryda Karlsborg Kungälv Lerum Lidköping Lilla Edet Lysekil Mariestad Mark Mellerud

Munkedal Mölndal Orust Partille Skara Skövde Sotenäs Stenungsund Strömstad Svenljunga Tanum Tibro Tidaholm Tjörn Tranemo Trollhättan Töreboda Uddevalla Ulricehamn Vara Vårgårda Vänersborg Åmål Öckerö

Heraldry

The airms for the Coonty o Västra Götaland wis grantit in 1999 when the coonty was formed. It is a combination o the provincial airms o Västergötland, Bohuslän an Dalsland wi the airms for the ceety o Gothenburg. When the airms is shown wi a ryal croun it represents the Coonty Admeenistrative Board, which is the regional presence o (ryal) govrenment authority. Blazon: "Quartered, I. the airms o Gothenburg, II. the airms o Bohuslän, III. the airms o Dalsland turned in courtoisie, IV. the airms o Västergötland."

Freemit airtins

• Leet o Västra Götaland Govrenors
• Region Västra Götaland
• Västra Götaland Coonty Admeenistrative Board
• Gothenburg Regional Association o Local Authorities Archived 2009-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Sjuhärad Regional Association o Local Authorities
• Skaraborg Regional Association o Local Authorities Archived 2002-11-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Fyrbodals Regional Association o Local Authorities Archived 2002-11-27 at the Wayback Machine