Gothenburg Municipality
Gothenburg Municipality Göteborgs kommun | |
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 Coat airms | |
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| Kintra | Swaden |
| Coonty | Västra Götaland Coonty |
| Seat | Gothenburg |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Anneli Hulthén (S) |
| Aurie as o Januar 1, 2014. | |
| Population (31 December 2021)[1] | |
| • Total | missing data |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Västergötland an Bohuslän |
| Municipal code | 1480 |
| Website | www.goteborg.se |
Gothenburg Municipality (Göteborgs kommun or Göteborgs stad) is a municipality in Västra Götaland Coonty in wastren Swaden. Its seat is locatit in the ceety o Gothenburg.
The major pairt o the Gothenburg urban aurie (Göteborgs tätort) is situatit athin the municipality, but there are an aw some ither localities as well as rural auries.
When the first Swadish local govrenment acts wur implementit in 1863 the Ceety o Gothenburg, foondit an chairtered in 1621, became a ceety municipality wi an electit ceety cooncil (stadsfullmäktige). Its territory haes syne then been addit through amalgamations in 1868, 1906, 1922, 1931, 1945, 1948, 1967 an 1974. The local govrenment reform o 1971 made the ceety a unitary municipality, like aw ithers in the kintra. The municipality prefers, housomeivver, tae style itsel Göteborgs stad (Ceety o Göteborg[3]), wheniver legally possible.
Localities
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Billdal (pairt o)
- Brännö
- Donsö
- Gothenburg (seat)
- Hjuvik
- Nolvik
- Olofstorp
- Styrsö
- Säve
- Torslanda
- Vrångö
Politics an govrenment
[eedit | eedit soorce]The municipality haes a municipal assembly (kommunfullmäktige), consistin o 81 members, electit for fower year. There are aicht poleetical pairties representit in the cooncil electit in 2010:
- Socialdemokraterna (Social Democratic Pairty), 25
- Moderaterna (Moderate Pairty), 23
- Miljöpartiet (Green Pairty), 9
- Folkpartiet (Liberal Fowkpairty), 7
- Vänsterpariet (Left Party), 7
- Vägvalet, 5
- Sverigedemokraterna (Swaden Democrats), 3
- Kristdemokraterna (Christian Democrats), 2
The municipal executive committee (kommunstyrelsen) haes 13 members, representin the sax pairties frae the twa major poleetical coalitions who hae seats in the assembly.
The chairman o the municipal assembly is Rolf Lindén an the chairman o the municipal executive committee (sometimes titled mayor) is Anneli Hulthén frae the Social Democratic Pairty.
Burghs
[eedit | eedit soorce]In 1990 the municipality wis subdividit intae 21 stadsdelsnämnder (destrict boards), sometimes translatit tae boroughs, which they really are no. In 2009 the twa destrict boards o Frölunda an Högsbo wur joined thegither. It haes been decidit that frae the stairt o 2011 mony mair will be joined thegither leavin 10 new destrict boards. The boards carry responsibility for primary schuil, social, leisur, an cultural services athin their respective auries. In the election o 1998 three boroughs (Askim, Torslanda an Älvsborg) held local referendums on formin their awn municipalities, but their petitions wur rejectit bi the govrenment o Swaden.
Burghs:
International cooperation
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Twin touns:
- Pairtner ceeties:
The cooperation wi the Sooth African ceety o Port Elizabeth (established in 1998) is a pairtnership fosterin development o common fields o interest such as solid waste management, public libraries, sport an tourism.
- Sister ceeties:
Chicago, Unitit States (syne 1987)
Kraków, Poland
Saunt Petersburg, Roushie
Tallinn, Estonie
Rostock, Germany
- Regional:
See an aw
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Notes
- ↑ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 22 Februar 2022. Retrieved 22 Februar 2022.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (Microsoft Excel) (in Swadish). Stateestics Swaden. Retrieved 18 Apryle 2014.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ Göteborgs Stads designprogram Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Swadish)
