Mark Municipality
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| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Province | Västergötland |
| Seat | Kinna |
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| Area • Total area • Land area |
116th of 290 1,017.78 km² 933.71 km² |
| Population • Total |
71st of 290 33,594 inhabitants |
| Density • Total |
113th of 290 36.0 inhabitants/km² |
| Website | http://www.mark.se/ |
| Area & population from SCB as of December 31, 2006 | |
Mark Municipality (Marks kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kinna.
The municipality was created with the municipal reform of 1971 by the amalgamation of eight previous entities. Most of them had themselves been formed by the 1952 municipal reform. The number of original (as of 1863) entities is 19. The name of the municipality stems from an old hundred which had approximately the same area.
[edit] Coat of arms
The coat of arms was created and granted with the municipality in the 1970s. The circles come from the 16th century insignia of Mark Hundred. The grain signif
[edit] Sister cities
Mark Municipality has three sister cities. They have been focusing on towns or municipalities that also has a significant textile industry.
- Szamotuly in Poland (since 1988). Sparked because of the awakened awareness of nuclear power in Szamotuly, who wanted contacts with Swedish cities because of Sweden's ongoing nuclear debates.
- Apolda in eastern Germany (circa 1994/1995)
- Ontinyent in Spain (since 2003)
[edit] External link
- Mark Municipality - Official site
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