Boras is a city and the seat of Boras Municipality in Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden, with 75,565 inhabitants recorded in 2023. It is known as a textile city, home to worldwide textile brands and companies as well as the Swedish School of Textiles, part of the University of Boras.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude57.717104 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Borås (Wikipedia)
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It had 75,565 inhabitants in 2023.
- In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Borås (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 57.717104, longitude 12.945726
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 143 m
P2046 (area)
area 31.4 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1621
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population (2023)
View the Source3. GeoNames: Borås - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevationQuote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 143 m
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 57.75, 12.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 57.75, 12.75
57.75 12.75 Cfb
5. GeoNames: Borås - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2720501Quote, cities500 record 2720501
57.72101 12.9401 P PPLA2 SE 28 1490 71700 143 Europe/Stockholm
Wikidata: Borås
Wikidata Q26040, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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