Everything about Gotland County totally explained
Gotland County (
Gotlands län) is a
county or
län of
Sweden.
Gotland is located in the
Baltic sea to the east of
Öland, and is the largest of Sweden's islands. Counties are usually sub-divided into municipalities, but Gotland County only consists of one municipality:
Gotland Municipality. The difference between the two are only at an administrative level, as the
county council and municipal council serve different tasks. Both have their seat in the largest city
Visby, with 22,000 inhabitants.
Province
Sweden's counties are mainly administrative units, used for inhabitant figures, politics, etc. For the culture and history of the island, see article
Gotland. In this case the province, the county and the municipality all have identical borders.
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 and 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 a
Government agency headed by a Governor. See
List of Gotland Governors.
Gotland is the only
Swedish county that doesn't have a
county council, as well as having only one
municipality and one
area code.
Politics
Main article: Gotland Municipality
The County of Gotland consists of a single municipality and as there's no separate entity for a County Council, those tasks are handled by the
municipality. During a trial period the County Council provisions for Gotland has been evolved to provisions for a Regional Council, meaning that it has assumed certain tasks from the County Administrative Board. Similar provisions are applicable to the counties of
Västra Götaland and
Skåne during the trial period.
Heraldry
Gotland County inherited its coat of arms from the province of Gotland. When it's shown with a royal crown it represents the County Administrative Board.
Further Information
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