Mark Municipality

Mark Municipality (Marks kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland Coonty in wastren Swaden. Its seat is locatit in the toun o Kinna.

The municipality wis creatit wi the municipal reform o 1971 bi the amalgamation o aicht previous entities. Maist o them haed themselves been formit bi the 1952 municipal reform. The number o oreeginal (as o 1863) entities is 19. The name o the municipality stems frae an auld hunder which haed approximately the same aurie.

Coat o airms
The coat o airms wis creatit an granted wi the municipality in the 1970s. The circles come frae the 16t century insignia o Mark Hunder. The grain signif

Sister ceties
Mark Municipality haes three sister ceeties. They hae been focusin on touns or municipalities that haes a significant textile industry an aw.

Szamotuły in Poland (syne 1988). Spairkit acause o the awakened awareness o nuclear pouer in Szamotuły, who wantit contacts wi Swadish ceeties acause o Swaden's ongoin nuclear debates.
Apolda in eastren Germany (circa 1994/1995)
Ontinyent in Spain (syne 2003)

References

Freemit airtins
Mark Municipality - Offeecial steid


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