Mark Municipality

Mark Municipality Marks kommun
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Kinna
Area[1]
– Total	1,017.78 km2 (393 sq mi)
– Land	933.71 km2 (360.5 sq mi)
– Water	84.07 km2 (32.5 sq mi)
	Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population (June 30, 2010)[2]
– Total	33,829
– Density	33.2/km2 (86.1/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland
Municipal code	1463
Website	www.mark.se

Mark Municipality (Marks kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Kinna.

The municipality was created with the municipal reform of 1971 by the amalgamation of eight previous entities. Most of them had themselves been formed by the 1952 municipal reform. The number of original (as of 1863) entities is 19. The name of the municipality stems from an old hundred which had approximately the same area.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was created and granted with the municipality in the 1970s. The circles come from the 16th century insignia of Mark Hundred. The grain signif

Sister cities

Mark Municipality has three sister cities. They have been focusing on towns or municipalities that also has a significant textile industry.

• Szamotuły in Poland (since 1988). Sparked because of the awakened awareness of nuclear power in Szamotuły, who wanted contacts with Swedish cities because of Sweden's ongoing nuclear debates.
• Apolda in eastern Germany (circa 1994/1995)
• Ontinyent in Spain (since 2003)

References

1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån den 1 januari 2010" (in Swedish) (Microsoft Excel). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0802/2010A01/mi0802tab3_2010.xls. Retrieved 2010-08-21. 
2. ^ "SCB, Befolkningsstatistik 30 juni 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart____244147.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 

External links

• Mark Municipality - Official site

Coordinates: 57°31′N 12°41′E / 57.517°N 12.683°E / 57.517; 12.683