Mark Municipality
| Mark Municipality Marks kommun |
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| Country | Sweden | ||
| County | Västra Götaland County | ||
| Seat | Kinna | ||
| Area[1] | |||
| • Total | 1,017.78 km2 (393 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 933.71 km2 (360.5 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 84.07 km2 (32.5 sq mi) | ||
| Area as of January 1, 2010. | |||
| Population (June 30, 2010)[2] | |||
| • Total | 33,829 | ||
| • Density | 33.2/km2 (86.1/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
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| ISO 3166 code | SE | ||
| Province | Västergötland | ||
| Municipal code | 1463 | ||
| Website | www.mark.se | ||
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.
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[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.
- Szamotuły in Poland (since 1988). Sparked because of the awakened awareness of nuclear power in Szamotuły, 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] References
- ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (in Swedish) (Microsoft Excel). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0802/2010A01/mi0802tab3_2010.xls. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ^ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____244147.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
[edit] External links
- Mark Municipality - Official site
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