Halland Coonty

Halland
Halland; Hallands län
	Coonty o Swaden
	Coat airms
Kintra	Swaden
Caipital	Halmstad
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Lars-Erik Lövdén
• Cooncil	Landstinget Halland
Area
• Total	5454 km2 (2,106 sq mi)
Population (September 30 2011)
• Total	301,122
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
GDP/ Nominal	SEK 61,339 million (2004)
GDP per capita	SEK 221,000
NUTS Region	SE231

Halland Coonty (Hallands län) is a coonty (län) on the wastren coast o Swaden. It corresponds roughly tae the cultural an historical province o Halland. The caipital is Halmstad.

It borders the coonties o Västra Götaland, Jönköping, Kronoberg, Skåne an the sea o the Kattegat.

Heraldry

The Coonty o Halland inheritit its coat o airms frae the province o Halland. When it is shown wi a ryal croun it represents the Coonty Admeenistrative Buird.

Province

Counties mainly serve admeenistrative purposes in Swaden. The cultur an history o the aurie is tae be foond in its provincial coonterpairt Halland. The coonty wis designed wi virtually the same bundaries as the province. The major exception is a pairt o Hylte Municipality, which belangs tae the province o Småland.

Admeenistration

The main aim o the Coonty Admeenistrative Buird is tae fulfil the goals set in naitional politics bi the Parliament an the Govrenment, tae coordinate the interests an promote the development o the coonty, tae establish regional goals an safeguard the due process o law in the handlin o each case. The Coonty Admeenistrative Buird is a Govrenment Agency heidit bi a Governor. See Leet o Halland govrenors.

Politics

Amang the main responsibilities o the Halland Coonty Cooncil (Landstinget Halland) are public health care issues.

Municipalities

Swaden's coonties are entities for Swaden's municipalities, responsible for such things as child care, education, street plannin, etc. Municipalities in Halland Coonty are, frae north tae sooth:

Kungsbacka (69,352 inhabitants)
Varberg (54,676)
Falkenberg (39,595)
Hylte (10,377)
Halmstad (87,900)
Laholm (23,039)

(Population as of June 30, 2005)

Cultur

Muisic groups

Localities in order o size

The five maist muckle localities o Halland Coonty as defined bi Statistics Swaden 2005:

#	Locality	Population
1	Halmstad	55 688
2	Varberg	26 041
3	Falkenberg	18 972
4	Kungsbacka	17 784
5	Onsala	11 375

Futur

There is an investigation committee appointit bi the govrenment, investigatin the best futur diveesion an responsibitites o the coonties o Swaden, cried Ansvarskommittén. They are wirkin lang-term, but their preliminary reports suggest a muckle reduction o the number o coonties in Swaden. Halland Coonty is there proposed tae be dividit in twa halves, baith tae be combined wi neighbourin muckle coonties.