Borås

Borås
Borås
	Borås railway station
	Coat airms
	Borås
	Coordinates: 57°43′N 12°56′E / 57.717°N 12.933°ECoordinates: 57°43′N 12°56′E / 57.717°N 12.933°E
Kintra	Swaden
Province	Västergötland
County	Västra Götaland Coonty
Municipality	Borås Municipality
Area
• Total	31.40 km2 (12.12 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)
• Total	66,273
• Density	2111/km2 (5,470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Borås (Swadish pronunciation: [bʊˈroːs]) is a locality an the seat o Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland Coonty, Swaden. It haed 66,273 indwallers in 2010.^[1]

History

The ceety o Borås receivit its privileges in 1621 bi King Gustav II Adolf. The raison wis tae gie local pedlars a legal place for vendin thair merchandise. The ceety developit suin efter it wis foondit. Efter a century it haed increased tae ower 2,000 indwallers.

Borås haes been ravagit bi fires fower times: in 1681, 1727, 1822 an 1827. The Caroli kirk is the auldest o Borås's biggins, an haes athstuid aw fires.

Sports

The maist successfu sports team is the fitbaa team IF Elfsborg, Swadish champions in 2006. Elfsborg wis foondit in 1904, but receivit its current name in 1906. The team's hame arena is syne 2005 Borås Arena (umwhile Ryavallen Stadium) in Borås, wi a capacity o 16000. Elfsborg play in yellae an black.

Ither teams are Borås Hockey Club, M7 (a basketbaw team that wirkit thegither wi Magic Johnson for a short while) an Borås Rhinos which is an American fitbaa team.

Ither sports that can be practicit in Borås are track an field, rowin, handbaw, table tennis, tennis, skiin, orienteerin, airchery, sport shootin, soummin, gowf, equestrian, bowlin, cheerleadin an various mairtial airts. Borås Judoclub haes treed tae creaut a naitional centre for judo. Memmers frae the club that haes pairticipatit in the olympics include Per Kjellin an Lars Adolfsson (who competit twice).

Boråshallen is the lairgest indoor sports haw in Borås, whare the Mariedal cup is held annually in October or November. It stairtit in 1978 in its current form.

Borås hostit the watter polo events o the XIII FINA Warld Masters Championships 2010 frae Julie 28 tae August 6.^[2]

Ither sports clubs locatit in Borås include:

Destricts

Municipal subdestrict Göta

Municipal subdestrict Sjöbo

Municipal subdestrict Brämhult

Municipal subdestrict Norrby

Municipal subdestrict Centrum (ceety)

Municipal subdistrict Sandhult

Schuils

See an aw University o Borås

Heich schuils

References

↑ ^a ^b ^c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swadish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived frae the original on 10 Januar 2012. Retrieved 10 Januar 2012. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
↑ "- XIII FINA World Masters Championships 2010 website". Archived frae the original on 18 Februar 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

Freemit airtins

Offeecial ceety website Archived 2007-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
Offeecial Tourism wabsteid
I Love Borås - the offeecial ceetyblog Archived 2015-08-01 at the Wayback Machine

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[scb-1] "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010" (in Swadish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived frae the original on 10 Januar 2012. Retrieved 10 Januar 2012. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)

[2] "- XIII FINA World Masters Championships 2010 website". Archived frae the original on 18 Februar 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

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