  thumb|downtown borÃ¥s in winter   borÃ¥s (), sometimes called "north of venice", is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of borÃ¥s municipality, vÃ¤stra gÃ¶taland county, sweden. it had 66,273 inhabitants in 2010. == geography == borÃ¥s is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them the railway between gothenburg and kalmar, and is often considered the swedish city gaining the most from the nationwide railway system laid between 1870-1910. == history == the city of borÃ¥s received its privileges in 1621 by king gustav ii adolf. the reason was to give local pedlars a legal place for vending their merchandise. the city developed soon after it was founded. after a century it had increased to over 2,000 inhabitants. borÃ¥s has been ravaged by fires four times: in 1681, 1727, 1822 and 1827. th
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