Mark Municipality
Encyclopedia
Mark Municipality 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.
was created and granted with the municipality in the 1970s. The circles come from the 16th century insignia
of Mark Hundred. The grain
signif
Municipalities of Sweden
The municipalities of Sweden are the local government entities of Sweden. The current 290 municipalities are organized into 21 counties...
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
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....
. Its seat is located in the town of Kinna
Kinna
Kinna is a locality and the seat of Mark Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 14,555 inhabitants in 2005.Kinna is located 30 km south of Borås and 60 km south east of Gothenburg...
.
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.
Coat of arms
The coat of armsCoat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
was created and granted with the municipality in the 1970s. The circles come from the 16th century insignia
Insignia
Insignia or insigne pl -nia or -nias : a symbol or token of personal power, status or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction...
of Mark Hundred. The grain
Cereal
Cereals are grasses cultivated for the edible components of their grain , composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran...
signif
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 PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
(since 1988). Sparked because of the awakened awareness of nuclear powerNuclear powerNuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity, with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity...
in Szamotuły, who wanted contacts with Swedish cities because of Sweden's ongoing nuclear debates. - ApoldaApoldaApolda is a town in central Thuringia, Germany, the capital of the Weimarer Land district. It is situated in the center of the triangle Weimar - Jena - Naumburg near the river Ilm, c. 15 km east by north from Weimar, on the main line of railway from Berlin via Halle, to...
in eastern Germany (circa 1994/1995) - Ontinyent in Spain (since 2003)
External links
- Mark Municipality - Official site