Köinge () is a village in
Falkenberg Municipality
Falkenberg Municipality (''Falkenbergs kommun'') is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast. The town Falkenberg is the municipal seat.
The municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Falkenberg'' was amalgamated with s ...
,
Sweden
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. It formed a separate parish until 2005, when it became a part of
Okome
Okome () is a parish and village in Falkenberg, Sweden. The village has a population of about 160, and the parish as a whole has a population of about 500. The village has some services, such as a primary school
A primary school (in Irela ...
parish. The village has about 200 inhabitants.
History
The first written record of the village is found in 1362. Several alternative interpretations of the name exists. The
battle of Axtorna in 1565 took place not far from the village.
It used to be seat of the local district court, and did then have an
execution place.
A golden
necklace
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from the
Migration Period
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was found in 1889.
Infrastructure
County road 154 passes through the village, as does, in perpendicular direction, road 782, which connects the village with
Svartrå
Svartrå is a former village and parish in Falkenberg Municipality, Sweden with about 200 citizens. It formed a parish until 2006, when the parish merged with Köinge and Okome parishes to form Okome parish. It was a municipality between 1863 a ...
and
Ätrafors.
The
Falkenberg railway (1894-1959) had a station in the village. The building was later used as a
post office
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and a
library
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.
People from Köinge
* Göran Karlsson, founder of
Gekås
Gekås Ullared AB is a Swedish superstore in Ullared, Sweden, founded in 1963 by Göran Karlsson as ''Ge-kås Manufaktur''. It had an annual turnover of SEK 4.2 billion in 2010, with a total store area of over in addition to a storage area ...
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Populated places in Falkenberg Municipality