Arboga

Arboga () is a locality and the seat of Arboga Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden with 10,989 inhabitants in 2020.

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Settlement.official_name: Arboga
Settlement.image_skyline: Arboga 1.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Central Arboga
Settlement.image_shield: Arboga stad vapen.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Sweden Västmanland#Sweden
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: top
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Sweden
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Arboga Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Västmanland County
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Västmanland
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1200
Settlement.area_total_km2: 7,99
Settlement.population_as_of: 31 December 2020 / 31 March 2023

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Official name: Arboga
Population: 10906
Area: 808
Elevation: 20
Official website: www.arboga.se
Image: Arboga 1.jpg
Dialing code: 0589

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Commons category: Arboga
postal code: 732
native label: Arboga

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Arboga () is a locality and the seat of Arboga Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden with 10,989 inhabitants in 2020.

==Overview== The city of Arboga is known to have existed as a town since the 13th century but the area has been inhabited since around 900 AD. The name (originally Arbugæ) consists of the two words "Ar" which in ancient Swedish means river and bughi which means "bend" and which together have the meaning "river bend".