Mark Municipality

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Mark Municipality
Marks kommun
—  Municipality  —

Coat o airms
Kintra Swaden
Coonty Västra Götaland Coonty
Seat Kinna
Aurie[1]
 - Tot 1,017.78 km2 (393 sq mi)
 - Laund 933.71 km2 (360.5 sq mi)
 - Watter 84.07 km2 (32.5 sq mi)
  Aurie as o 1 January 2010.
Indwallers (30 Juin 2010)[2]
 - Tot 33,829
 Densitie 33.2/km2 (86.1/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Simmer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Västergötland
Municipal code 1463
Wabsteid www.mark.se

Mark Municipality (Marks kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland Coonty in wastren Swaden. Its seat is locatit in the toun o Kinna.

The municipality wis creatit wi the municipal reform o 1971 bi the amalgamation o aicht previous entities. Maist o them haed themselves been formit bi the 1952 municipal reform. The number o oreeginal (as o 1863) entities is 19. The name o the municipality stems frae an auld hunder which haed approximately the same aurie.

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Coat o airms[edit]

The coat o airms wis creatit an granted wi the municipality in the 1970s. The circles come frae the 16t century insignia o Mark Hunder. The grain signif

Sister ceties[edit]

Mark Municipality haes three sister ceeties. They hae been focusin on touns or municipalities that haes a significant textile industry an aw.

  • Szamotuły in Poland (syne 1988). Spairkit acause o the awakened awareness o nuclear pouer in Szamotuły, who wantit contacts wi Swadish ceeties acause o Swaden's ongoin nuclear debates.
  • Apolda in eastren Germany (circa 1994/1995)
  • Ontinyent in Spain (syne 2003)

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