Grästorp Municipality

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**Grästorp Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Grästorp in central V. G. County in Sweden Map outlining the municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Grästorp
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	County	Västra Götaland County
	Province	Västergötland
	Area Rank	265 km² 234th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	5,794 269th of 290
	Population density	22/km²

Grästorp municipality is a small Swedish municipality in Västra Götaland County, in western Sweden where the town Grästorp (pop. 3,000) is seat.

Grästorp is located right in the middle of Västra Götaland County, by the shores of lake Vänern.

Runestone by Sal church

The area has been inhabited at least since the Viking Age as it contains several runestone. To the left a stone by the church at Sal. The incription reads "Torgård satte denna sten efter Toke, sin frände", meaning "Torgård raised this stone for Toke, his friend".

Grästorp was none the less only a small rural community without any town until the second half of the 19th century. Due to its population increase, it received rights as a köping (a merchancy city) on November 4, 1898.

It became a municipality in 1971, with the municipal reform. From that time stems the coat of arms.