Boroughs and Districts of Gothenburg
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Gothenburg Municipality
(Göteborgs kommun), Sweden
is subdivided into 21 stadsdelsnämndsområden (roughly "city district committee areas"). The term is often translated to borough
. But they are really no boroughs, as they are no legal entities or juristic persons of their own, but organs of the central municipal administration. The members of the committees are appointed by the kommunfullmäktige (municipal assembly) and not by the electorates of the respective "boroughs". They therefore represent the political majority of the municipality as a whole.
Each "borough" is divided into a few officially defined residential district
s (Swedish: primärområden). All in all there are 94 districts. These are usually created by natural neighbourhoods, but sometimes those consist of more than one traditional district.
The "boroughs" are responsible for, among other things, preschool, compulsory schooling, leisure
, culture
, social services, home-help service and care for the elderly.
Below is a list of all the "boroughs" in Gothenburg, as well as the official districts. Also included are traditional districts, where those are a part of an official district. Please note that the list of traditional districts are incomplete.
Härlanda
Kålltorp
Torpa
Fräntorp
Kålltorp
Torpa
Vidkärr
Redbergslid
Bagaregården
Kallebäck
Skår
Överås
Kärralund
Lunden
Gothenburg Municipality
Gothenburg Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Gothenburg....
(Göteborgs kommun), Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
is subdivided into 21 stadsdelsnämndsområden (roughly "city district committee areas"). The term is often translated to borough
Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....
. But they are really no boroughs, as they are no legal entities or juristic persons of their own, but organs of the central municipal administration. The members of the committees are appointed by the kommunfullmäktige (municipal assembly) and not by the electorates of the respective "boroughs". They therefore represent the political majority of the municipality as a whole.
Each "borough" is divided into a few officially defined residential district
District
Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipalities, or subdivisions of municipalities.-Austria:...
s (Swedish: primärområden). All in all there are 94 districts. These are usually created by natural neighbourhoods, but sometimes those consist of more than one traditional district.
The "boroughs" are responsible for, among other things, preschool, compulsory schooling, leisure
Leisure
Leisure, or free time, is time spent away from business, work, and domestic chores. It is also the periods of time before or after necessary activities such as eating, sleeping and, where it is compulsory, education....
, culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
, social services, home-help service and care for the elderly.
Below is a list of all the "boroughs" in Gothenburg, as well as the official districts. Also included are traditional districts, where those are a part of an official district. Please note that the list of traditional districts are incomplete.
Officially defined districts
BjörkekärrBjörkekärr
Björkekärr is an officially defined district in Gothenburg, Sweden which belongs to the Härlanda borough....
Härlanda
Kålltorp
Kålltorp
Kålltorp is a district in Gothenburg, Sweden which belongs to Härlanda borough....
Torpa
Torpa (district)
Torpa is an officially defined district in Gothenburg, Sweden which belongs to Härlanda borough. It consists of the traditional districts Torpa and Fräntorp. The district consists mostly of apartment blocks built in the 1940s designed by architect Nils Einar Eriksson.-External links:*...
Traditional districts
BjörkekärrBjörkekärr
Björkekärr is an officially defined district in Gothenburg, Sweden which belongs to the Härlanda borough....
Fräntorp
Fräntorp
Fräntorp is a district in Gothenburg, Sweden which belongs to Härlanda borough....
Kålltorp
Kålltorp
Kålltorp is a district in Gothenburg, Sweden which belongs to Härlanda borough....
Torpa
Torpa
Torpa may refer to:* Torpa, Oppland, Norway* Torpa, Gothenburg, Sweden* Torpa, Närke, Sweden* Torpa, Varberg, Sweden* Torpa, Vänersborg* Torpa, Jharkhand, India...
Vidkärr
Vidkärr
Vidkärr is a district in Gothenburg, Sweden which belongs to Härlanda borough. The district is demarcated by the districts Strömmensberg to the west, Torpa to the east, Kålltorp to the south and by the road E20 to the north. Vidkärr is quite commonly referred to as Munkebäck...
Officially defined districts
OlskrokenRedbergslid
Bagaregården
Kallebäck
Skår
Överås
Kärralund
Lunden
Other
- AngeredAngeredAngered is a suburb in Gothenburg Municipality, Sweden. Angered is the biggest Million Programme area in Gothenburg, and one of the biggest in the country with 40 000 inhabitants....
- Angereds Centrum (officially defined)
- Hammarkullen (officially defined)
- Lövgärdet (officially defined)
- Rannebergen (officially defined)
- Gårdstensbergen (officially defined)
- Hjällbo (officially defined)
- Eriksbo (officially defined)
- Agnesberg (officially defined)
- Linnarhult (officially defined)
- Gunnilse (officially defined)
- Bergum (officially defined)
- AskimAskim, SwedenAskim is a district of the Gothenburg Municipality in Sweden, about south of the city centre. To the northwest of Askim is Västra Frölunda, to the east is Mölndal, and the sea is to the west....
- Askim (officially defined)
- Hovås (officially defined)
- BilldalBilldalBilldal is a bimunicipal locality situated in Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland County, and Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, in Sweden. It had 9,609 inhabitants in 2005. It mainly consists of villas and terraced houses, grouped along a windling coastline with many islands.-...
- Backa
- Backa (officially defined)
- Skogome (officially defined)
- Brunnsbo (officially defined)
- Skälltorp (officially defined)
- BergsjönBergsjönBergsjön is a district in eastern Gothenburg, Sweden. On January 1, 2011, Bergsjön and Kortedala together became the Eastern District of Gothenburg, as a part of a larger reorganization of the City of Gothenburg where the number of district councils has been halved to ten. Bergsjön, as part of...
- Västra Bergsjön (officially defined)
- Östra Bergsjön (officially defined)
- BiskopsgårdenBiskopsgårdenBiskopsgården is a district in Gothenburg Municipality, Sweden.- History :Today you can find the first trace of humans by the hillsides that was once beaches in an archipelago....
- Norra Biskopsgården (officially defined)
- Södra Biskopsgården (officially defined)
- Jättesten (officially defined)
- Svartedalen (officially defined)
- Länsmansgården (officially defined)
- Centrum ("Centre")
- Guldheden (officially defined)
- Heden (officially defined)
- Johanneberg (officially defined)
- Krokslätt (officially defined)
- Landala (officially defined)
- Stampen (officially defined)
- Vasastaden (officially defined)
- Lorensberg (officially defined)
- Inom Vallgraven (officially defined)
- FrölundaFrölundaFrölunda is one of 21 boroughs in the city of Gothenburg. It is located in the south western part of the city, and is the smallest of the boroughs with a population of only 12,855 on 3.72 square kilometres, although the term Frölunda generally is used for a much wider area covering almost all the...
- Järnbrott (officially defined)
- Tofta (officially defined)
- Ruddalen (officially defined)
- Frölunda Torg (officially defined)
- HögsboHögsboHögsbo is a city district of Gothenburg located on the Swedish west coast. Högsbo Bo") is situated south of the city centre of Gothenburg.The centre of Högsbo is "Axel Dahlströms torg" which consists of a small shopping square and connections with the Västtrafik tram system....
- Kaverös (officially defined)
- Flatås (officially defined)
- Högsbohöjd (officially defined)
- Högsbotorp (officially defined)
- Högsbo (officially defined)
- KortedalaKortedalaKortedala is a district, mainly residential , in the north-eastern part of Gothenburg in western Sweden. The area houses a population of around 10,000 inhabitants and is one of the typical 1950s suburbs of Gothenburg. The area is very lush and green with many trees and parks...
- Gamlestaden (officially defined)
- Utby (officially defined)
- Södra Kortedala (officially defined)
- Norra Kortedala (officially defined)
- Kärra-RödboKärra-RödboKärra-Rödbo is one of the 21 boroughs of Gothenburg, Sweden. It is located in the northern part of the Hisingen island and has an area of 3 481 hectares, with about 11,000 inhabitants .-External links:*...
- Kärra (officially defined)
- Rödbo (officially defined)
- Linnéstaden
- Masthugget (officially defined)
- Änggården (officially defined)
- Haga (officially defined)
- Annedal (officially defined)
- Olivedal (officially defined)
- LundbyLundby, GothenburgLundby is a suburb and borough of Gothenburg, Sweden. It is located in the central part of the Hisingen island, stretching along the northern shore of the Göta River...
- Sannegården (officially defined)
- Brämaregården (officially defined)
- Kvillebäcken (officially defined)
- Slättadamm (officially defined)
- Kärrdalen (officially defined)
- MajornaMajornaThis article is about the borough in Gothenburg. For the district in Gothenburg with the same, see Majorna .Majorna was until 2011 one of the 21 boroughs of Gothenburg Municipality...
- Kungsladugård (officially defined)
- Sanna (officially defined)
- Majorna (officially defined)
- Stigberget (officially defined)
- StyrsöStyrsöStyrsö is a small island and a locality situated in Göteborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 1,331 inhabitants in 2005.It lies in the Southern Göteborg Archipelago of Sweden with about 1,400 inhabitants. Regular ferries connect the island to Gothenburg and a bridge links Styrsö...
- Styrsö (officially defined)
- Asperö
- Brännö
- Donsö
- Köpstadsö
- Styrsö
- Vargö
- Vrångö
- Styrsö (officially defined)
- TorslandaTorslandaTorslanda is an urban district and a locality situated in Göteborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 10,129 inhabitants in 2005.-The Volvo Torslanda Plant:...
- Hjuvik (officially defined)
- Nolered (officially defined)
- Björlanda (officially defined)
- Arendal (officially defined)
- Tuve-Säve
- Tuve (officially defined)
- Säve (officially defined)
- TynneredTynneredTynnered is one of 21 boroughs in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. It is located in the western part of the city, about 8-10 kilometres from the inner city, and it has a population of 27,455 on 29.85 square kilometres ....
- Bratthammar (officially defined)
- Guldringen (officially defined)
- Skattegården (officially defined)
- Ängås (officially defined)
- Önnered (officially defined)
- Grevegården (officially defined)
- Näset (officially defined)
- Kannebäck (officially defined)
- Älvsborg
- Fiskebäck (officially defined)
- Långedrag (officially defined)
- Hagen (officially defined)
- Grimmered (officially defined)