Gullspång Municipality is a municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

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 in Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County is a county or län on the western coast of Sweden.The county is the second largest of Sweden's counties and it is subdivided into 49 municipalities . Its population of 1,550,000 amounts to 17% of Sweden's population...

 in western Sweden

Sweden

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. Its seat is located in the towns of Gullspång

Gullspång

Gullspång is a locality and one of the two seats of Gullspång Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, the other is Hova. It had 1,175 inhabitants in 2005.-History:...

 and Hova

Hova, Sweden

Hova is a locality and one of the two seats of Gullspång Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, the other is Gullspång. It had 1,375 inhabitants in 2005.-Overview:...

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The present municipality was formed through the amalgamation of the former entities of Amnehärad, Hova and part of Visnum. The name was taken from the locality

Urban areas in Sweden

Urban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term tätort. The official term in English, used by Statistics Sweden, is, however, locality. There are 1,940 localities in Sweden . They could be compared with census-designated places in the United States.A tätort in Sweden has a minimum of...

 Gullspång

Gullspång

Gullspång is a locality and one of the two seats of Gullspång Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, the other is Hova. It had 1,175 inhabitants in 2005.-History:...

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Geography

Gullspång Municipality borders to Mariestad Municipality

Mariestad Municipality

Mariestad Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Mariestad....

 and Töreboda Municipality

Töreboda Municipality

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 in Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County is a county or län on the western coast of Sweden.The county is the second largest of Sweden's counties and it is subdivided into 49 municipalities . Its population of 1,550,000 amounts to 17% of Sweden's population...

 It also east-wards borders to Laxå Municipality

Laxå Municipality

Laxå Municipality is a municipality in Örebro County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Laxå.In 1967 the market town of Laxå was merged with two adjacent rural municipalities...

 in Örebro County

Örebro County

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 and north-wards to Kristinehamn Municipality

Kristinehamn Municipality

Kristinehamn Municipality is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Kristinehamn....

 in Värmland County

Värmland County

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The southern part of the municipality contains the northern part of Swedish national park Tiveden

Tiveden

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Localities

• Gullspång
  Gullspång
  Gullspång is a locality and one of the two seats of Gullspång Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, the other is Hova. It had 1,175 inhabitants in 2005.-History:...
  
  
• Gårdsjö
• Hova
  Hova, Sweden
  Hova is a locality and one of the two seats of Gullspång Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, the other is Gullspång. It had 1,375 inhabitants in 2005.-Overview:...
  
  
• Otterbäcken
  Otterbäcken
  Otterbäcken right on the shores of Vänern is a locality situated in Gullspång Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 764 inhabitants in 2005. During summer the campingsite with its beach, playground, small kiosk and volleyballfield attracts turists and also the drive-in bingo during...
  
  
• Skagervik

The two main towns are Hova and Gullspång. The central administration is placed in Hova, thus constituting the municipal seat, but there are also offices in Gullspång. Because of the rivalry between Gullspång and Hova the municipality prefers to call them the "two main localities" ("huvudtätorter").

External links

• Gullspång Municipality - Official site