Gullspång Municipality

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**Gullspång Municipality (*Kommun*)**
Västra Götaland County in Sweden Gullspång in Västra Götaland County Map outlining the municipalities of Sweden	Coat of arms
	Municipal facts
	Seat	Gullspång
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	County	Västra Götaland County
	Province	Västergötland and Värmland
	Area Rank	316 km² 227th of 290
	Population Rank (2005)	5,653 x of 290
	Population density	19/km²

Gullspång Municipality is a Municipality in Västra Götaland County, in western Sweden. Its seat is in Gullspång.

1 Geography
2 Towns
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Gullspång borders to Mariestad Municipality and Töreboda Municipality in Västra Götaland County; the border to Töreboda is marked by the Göta Canal. It also east-wards borders to Laxå Municipality in Örebro County and north-wards to Kristinehamn Municipality.

The southern part of the municipality contains the northern part of Swedish national park Tiveden.

[edit] Towns

Inhabitants in 2000.

Gullspång 1,400
Hova 1,700
Otterbäcken 600.

The two main towns are Hova and Gullspång, who have been in rivalry since the municipal seat was located in Gullspång with the municipal reform in 1971.