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Västerås Municipality is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Västerås.The municipality prefers to use the denomination Västerås stad for the whole territory, including rural areas.The municipality evolved gradually during the municipal reforms in Sweden. Most of the amalgamations took place in 1967 and the municipality in its present form was created in 1971. There are 30 original local government units within the present municipality.LocalitiesThe largest towns with pop. figures from 2005: Västerås (seat) 107,000 (fifth largest in the country) Skultuna 3,200 Hökåsen 2,800 Irsta 2,500 Kvicksund 1,700 (partly in Eskilstuna Municipality) Dingtuna 1,000International relationsTwin towns — Sister citiesVästerås is twinned with: Lahti, Finland 1940 Randers Municipality, Denmark 1947 Ålesund, Norway 1947 Akureyri, Iceland 1953 České Budějovice, Czech Republic 1964 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1969 Kassel, Germany 1972 Phenix City, United States Gaborone, Botswana 2011