Västerbotten County

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Västerbotten County, or Västerbottens län is a county or län in the north of Sweden. It borders to the counties of Västernorrland, Jämtland, and Norrbotten, as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the Gulf of Bothnia.

Västerbottens län

Map highlighting the location of Västerbotten County in Sweden
County
Residence City Umeå
Province Västerbotten
Lapland
Ångermanland
Created 1638
Area
-
- 55,401 km², 13.5% of Sweden;
ranked 2nd
Population
Reference: ranked list of Swedish counties>ranked list 256,710 inh., 4.6 inh/km²

GRP ranked list

**Västerbottens län**
Map highlighting the location of Västerbotten County in Sweden
County
Residence City	Umeå
Province	Västerbotten Lapland Ångermanland
Created	1638
Area - -	55,401 km², 13.5% of Sweden; ranked 2nd
Population Reference: ranked list of Swedish counties>ranked list	256,710 inh., 4.6 inh/km²
GRP	ranked list

Map highlighting the location of Blekinge County in Sweden County Residence City Karlskrona Province Blechingia Created 1683 Area
-
- 2,941 km², 0.7% of Sweden;
ranked 21st Population
Reference: ranked list of Swedish counties>ranked list 150,625 inh., 51.2 inh/km²
GRP ranked list

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Contents

1 Provinces
2 Administration
3 Politics
4 Municipalities
5 Heraldry
6 Miscellaneous topics
7 External links

Provinces

For History, Geography and Culture see: Västerbotten, Lapland and Ångermanland

Västerbotten County covers the province of Västerbotten and parts of the provinces Lapland and Ångermanland.

Administration

The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfil the goals set in national politics by the Parliament and the Government, to coordinate the interests of the county, to promote the development of the county, to establish regional goals and safeguard the due process of law in the handling of each case. The County Administrative Board is nominally a Government Agency headed by a Governor. See List of Västerbotten Governors.

Politics

The County Council of Västerbotten or Västerbotten Läns Landsting.

Municipalities

In Västerbotten Province:

In Swedish Lapland:

In Ångermanland:

Heraldry

The arms for Västerbotten County is a combination of the arms of Västerbotten, Swedish Lapland and Ångermanland. When it is shown with a royal crown it represents the County Administrative Board. Blazon: "Parted per fess, base parted per pale, the arms of Västerbotten, the arms of Lapland and the arms of Ångermanland."

Miscellaneous topics

External links

[VästerbottenCounty Administrative Board]
[Västerbotten County Council]
Regional Association of Local Authorities in Västerbotten

Counties of Sweden
Blekinge \| Dalarna \| Gotland \| Gävleborg \| Halland \| Jämtland \| Jönköping \| Kalmar \| Kronoberg \| Norrbotten \| Örebro \| Östergötland \| Skåne \| Stockholm \| Södermanland \| Uppsala \| Värmland \| Västerbotten \| Västernorrland \| Västmanland \| Västra Götaland

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