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	Infrastructure:

	Rail The express X2000 train from Skövde to Stockholm and Göteborg has over a dozen departures a day. The journey is only two hours to Stockholm and around one hour to Göteborg. Air Göteborg-Landvetter is the region’s largest airport with approximately 4 million passengers a year. The airport has around 100 international and domestic departures a day to some 30 different destinations. Just over 70 per cent of the travellers are business travellers. There are also several smaller airports handling freight and passenger traffic in and around Skaraborg. Sea Västra Götaland accounts for a third of all shipments in Sweden calculated in tonnes of goods. Göteborg is the region’s and Sweden’s largest port. Passenger ferries also depart from here for Germany and the UK for example. Car The E20 motorway which links Stockholm and Göteborg passes through Skaraborg. Bus Västtrafik offers many departures seven days a week for journeys within Skaraborg and Västra Götaland.

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	Health & Safety:

	Number of reported crimes per 1,000 residents Sweden: 136 Stockholm County: 182 Västra Götaland: 138 Skaraborg: 90 Hospital Care Everyone living in Skaraborg is entitled to choose which publicly financed healthcare provider they wish to use within Västra Götaland and Halland. This enables residents, for example, to choose the hospital with the shortest waiting-time. Skaraborg has four hospitals – in Skövde, Lidköping, Mariestad and Falköping. Public health initiatives In Skaraborg the politicians have decided to invest 75 Swedish kronor per resident and year in public health initiatives. This is a clear indication of the importance of the public health initiatives. The basis for the work is out in the municipalities, in local public health boards or welfare boards. The term ‘the good life’ permeates the initiatives.

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	Lake Vänern is Europe’s third largest lake and together with Lake Vättern it has a total coastline of almost 300 km in Skaraborg. The landscape between is varied; fertile flat country dominates but there are also some hilly areas. The largest towns are Skövde with a population of 50,000 and Lidköping with a population of 37,000.

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