Götene Municipality

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**Götene Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Götene in central V. G. County in Sweden Map outlining the municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Götene
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	County	Västra Götaland County
	Province	Västergötland
	Area Rank	406 km² 200rd of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	12,950 x of 290
	Population density	32/km²

Götene municipality is a small Swedish municipality in Västra Götaland County, in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the largest town Götene (pop. 4,600).

The two most notable sights in the municipality are the mountain/ridge Kinnekulle (with 306 meters the highest point in the county) and the village Husaby, with an old church and church well, where the first Christian King of Sweden, Olof Skötkonung, is believed to have been baptized.

1 Towns
2 Sister cities
3 Tourism
4 External links

[edit] Towns

Population figures from Statistics Sweden.

Götene: 4,600

Källby: 1,500

Lundsbrunn: 900

Hällekis: 700

[edit] Sister cities

Götene has a sister city in Lithuania. It is called Pasvalys and has about 37,000 inhabitants, whereof 9,700 live in the urban area Pasvalys.

[edit] Tourism

Götene is part of the Läckö-Kinnekulle Tourism area. To boast its geographical uniqueness, it uses a symbol of the Kinnekulle mountain mirroring in the lake Vänern.