Borås Municipality Borås kommun
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Borås
Area[1]
• Total	972.98 km2 (375.67 sq mi)
• Land	915.22 km2 (353.37 sq mi)
• Water	57.76 km2 (22.30 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population (June 30, 2012)[2]
• Total	102,822
• Density	Bad rounding here110/km2 (Bad rounding here270/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland
Municipal code	1490
Website	www.boras.se

Borås Municipality (Borås kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Borås.

In 1971 the City of Borås was made a municipality (kommun) when the unitary type of local government unit was introduced in Sweden. Three years later a lot of surrounding municipalities were amalgamated with Borås. In 1995 the western part was split off, creating Bollebygd Municipality.

In the 1990s the municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige) decided to use the name Borås stad or City of Borås whenever possible, for the whole municipality, including rural areas. This decision is purely nominal and has no effect on the legal status of the municipality.

Localities [edit]

• Aplared
• Äspered
• Borås (seat)
• Borgstena
• Bosnäs
• Bredared
• Dalsjöfors
• Dannike
• Fristad
• Frufällan
• Gånghester
• Hedared
• Kinnarumma
• Målsryd
• Rångedala
• Rydboholm
• Sandared
• Sandhult
• Seglora
• Sjömarken
• Tosseryd
• Viskafors

International relations [edit]

Twin towns — Sister cities [edit]

Borås is twinned with:

• Molde, Norway
• Mikkeli, Finland
• Vejle, Denmark

Examples of international co-operations

• Espelkamp, Germany
• Alanya, Turkey

Twin towns and international co-operation in Borås ^[3]

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Borås Municipality - Official English site

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Coordinates: 57°43′N 12°56′E / 57.717°N 12.933°E / 57.717; 12.933