Götene Municipality

Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Götene Municipality Götene kommun
Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 58°32′N 13°29′E / 58.533°N 13.483°E / 58.533; 13.483
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Götene
Area ^[1]
• Total	620.7686 km² (239.6801 sq mi)
• Land	404.5686 km² (156.2048 sq mi)
• Water	216.2 km² (83.5 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	13,218
• Density	21/km² (55/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland
Municipal code	1471
Website	www.gotene.se

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

When the first Swedish local government acts went into force in 1863, 20 rural municipal entities (each corresponding to a parish of the Church of Sweden) were created in the area. The municipal reform of 1952 grouped them into three, new, larger units. These were amalgamated in 1967 to form the present municipality.

The two most notable sights in the municipality are the mountain/ridge Kinnekulle (with 306 meters the highest point in the county) and the village Husaby, with an old church and church well, where the first Christian king of Sweden, Olof Skötkonung, is believed to have been baptized.

Localities

Population figures from Statistics Sweden.

Götene (seat), 4,600
Källby, 1,500
Lundsbrunn, 900
Hällekis, 700

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Götene Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.^[3]

In total there were 13,244 residents, including 10,275 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 48.0% voted for the left coalition and 50.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Götene 1

1,164

889

50.6

47.6

24,849

Götene 2

1,775

1,386

48.5

49.6

21,884

Götene-Holmestad

2,078

1,511

45.7

53.7

23,153

Hällekis-Forshem

2,044

1,702

54.3

44.4

24,782

Källbyorten

2,437

1,890

48.4

50.5

28,126

Lundsbrunnsorten

1,751

1,358

41.9

57.3

27,246

Sil-Husaby

1,995

1,539

47.9

51.4

27,647

Source: SVT^[3]

Sister cities

Götene has a sister city in Lithuania called Pasvalys which has about 7,500 inhabitants.

Tourism

Götene is part of the Läckö-Kinnekulle tourism area. To boast its geographical uniqueness, it uses a symbol of the Kinnekulle mountain mirroring in Lake Vänern.

References

^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Götene i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2024.