Place:Götene, Skaraborg, Sweden

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NameGötene
Alt namesGötene kommun
Götenesource: Family History Library Catalog
Götenesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates58.533°N 13.483°E
Located inSkaraborg, Sweden
Also located inVästra Götaland, Sweden    
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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

When the first Swedish local government acts went into force in 1863, 20 rural municipal entities (each corresponding to a parish of the Church of Sweden) were created in the area. The municipal reform of 1952 grouped them into three, new, larger units. These were amalgamated in 1967 to form the present municipality.

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.

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