Gothenburg Municipality
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| Göteborgs kommun | |
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| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Province | Västergötland and Bohuslän |
| Seat | Gothenburg |
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| Area • Total area • Land area |
190th of 290 465.22 km² 450.71 km² |
| Population • Total |
2nd of 290 493,498 inhabitants |
| Density • Total |
9th of 290 1,086.6 inhabitants/km² |
| Website | http://www.goteborg.se/ |
| Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2007 | |
Gothenburg Municipality (Göteborgs kommun or Göteborgs stad) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Gothenburg.
The major part of the Gothenburg urban area (Göteborgs tätort) is situated within the municipality, but there are also some other localities as well as rural areas.
When the first Swedish local government acts were implemented in 1863 the City of Gothenburg, founded and chartered in 1621, became a city municipality with an elected city council (stadsfullmäktige). Its territory has since then been added through amalgamations in 1868, 1906, 1922, 1931, 1945, 1948, 1967 and 1974. The local government reform of 1971 made the city a unitary municipality, like all others in the country. The municipality prefers, however, to style itself Göteborgs stad (City of Gothenburg), whenever legally possible.
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[edit] Localities
- Billdal (part of)
- Brändö
- Donsö
- Gothenburg (seat)
- Hjuvik
- Nolvik
- Olofstorp
- Styrsö
- Säve
- Torslanda
- Vrångö
[edit] Politics and government
The municipality has a municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige), consisting of 81 members, elected for four years. There are eight political parties represented in the council elected in 2006:
- Socialdemokraterna (Social Democratic Party), 31
- Moderaterna (Moderate Party), 20
- Folkpartiet (Liberal People's Party), 9
- Vänsterpariet (Left Party), 7
- Miljöpartiet (Green Party), 7
- Kristdemokraterna (Christian Democrats), 5
- Centerpartiet (Centre Party), 1
- Sverigedemokraterna (Sweden Democrats), 1
The municipal executive committee (kommunstyrelsen) has 13 members, representing the six larger parties in the assembly.
The chairman of the municipal assembly is Jörgen Linder and the chairman of the municipal executive committee (sometimes titled mayor) is Göran Johansson from the Social Democratic Party.
[edit] Boroughs
- Further information: Boroughs and Districts of Gothenburg
The municipality is since 1990 subdivided into 21 stadsdelsnämnder (district boards), sometimes translated to boroughs, which they really aren't. The boards carry responsibility for primary school, social, leisure, and cultural services within their respective areas. In the election of 1998 three boroughs (Askim, Torslanda and Älvsborg) held local referendums on forming their own municipalities, but their petitions were rejected by the government of Sweden.
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[edit] International cooperation
- Partner cities:
The cooperation with the South African city of Port Elizabeth (established in 1998) is a partnership fostering development of common fields of interest such as solid waste management, public libraries, sport and tourism.
- Sister cities:
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