Lidköping Municipality

Coordinates: 58°30′N 13°11′E / 58.500°N 13.183°E / 58.500; 13.183
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Lidköping Municipality
Lidköpings kommun
Lidköping Railway Station
Lidköping Railway Station
Coat of arms of Lidköping Municipality
Coordinates: 58°30′N 13°11′E / 58.500°N 13.183°E / 58.500; 13.183
CountrySweden
CountyVästra Götaland County
SeatLidköping
Area
 • Total1,372.605625 km2 (529.965995 sq mi)
 • Land695.605625 km2 (268.574833 sq mi)
 • Water677 km2 (261 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2023)[2]
 • Total40,539
 • Density30/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVästergötland
Municipal code1494
Websitewww.lidkoping.se

Lidköping Municipality (Lidköpings kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lidköping.

Lidköping sometimes refers to itself as "Lidköping by Vänern", possibly to distinguish itself from the namewise (and historically) similar city of Linköping in eastern Sweden.

Geography[edit]

Läckö Castle

Lidköping Municipality is, together with its western neighbor Götene, located on the Läckö-Kinnekulla peninsula. There are several Vänern islands that belong to the municipality. One of them is Läckö, where the Läckö Castle is a notable sight.

Localities[edit]

Population numbers of the towns and villages, from SCB, December 31 of noted year.

Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2010
Lidköping 24,679 24,885 24,960 24,941 25,644
Vinninga 1,079 1,060 1,054 1,064 1,078
Järpås 865 868 876 808 795
Filsbäck 656 656 652 647 615
Örslösa 308 305 310 298 307
Saleby 219 218 217 213 232
Tun 219 210 208 207 206

Demographics[edit]

This is a demographic table based on Lidköping Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]

In total there were 40,403 residents, including 31,517 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 49.3 % voted for the left coalition and 49.5 % for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Symbol[edit]

Lidköping is developing a profile plan to market itself as "Lidköping by Vänern" and to this end have established the use of a logo depicting its location by Vänern. This logo is used in all official contexts, and also on the road signs when entering Lidköping.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Lidköping i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

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