Falköping Municipality (''Falköpings kommun'') is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden.
The county is the second most populous of Sweden's counties and it comprises 49 municipalities (''kommuner''). Its population of 1 ...
in western
Sweden. Its seat is located in the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Falköping
Falköping is a locality and the seat of Falköping Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 16,350 inhabitants in 2010.
History
The town of Falköping was first spoken of in the Icelandic ''Rimbegla'' (around 1100 A.D.), and ...
.
The present municipality consists of more than 50 original local government units, joined together in two structural reforms carried out in 1952, when the number was reduced to eight, and during the period 1971–1974. In 1971 the former ''Town of Falköping'' was made a unitary municipality and three years later amalgamated with the surrounding municipalities.
Localities
The population centres in the municipality include:
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Åsarp
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Åsle
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Falköping
Falköping is a locality and the seat of Falköping Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 16,350 inhabitants in 2010.
History
The town of Falköping was first spoken of in the Icelandic ''Rimbegla'' (around 1100 A.D.), and ...
(seat)
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Floby
Floby is a locality situated in Falköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 1,499 inhabitants in 2010.
History
In 1858 the first portion of the railway line connecting Stockholm and Gothenburg was opened, and a railway sta ...
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Gudhem
Gudhem is a locality situated in Falköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 427 inhabitants in 2010.
''Gudhem Hundred'', or ''Gudhems härad'', was a hundred of Västergötland in Sweden.
Gudhem Abbey, initially a Benedict ...
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Gökhem
Gökhem in Västergötland was originally part of Vilske härad and is since 1974, a part of the Falköping Municipality
Falköping Municipality (''Falköpings kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat i ...
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Kinnarp
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Kättilstorp
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Luttra
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Odensberg
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Stenstorp
Stenstorp is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Falköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 1,668 inhabitants in 2010.
Railways
The Western Main Line ( sv, Västra stambanan) runs through Stenstorp and regional ...
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Torbjörntorp
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Vartofta
Vartofta is a locality situated in Falköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 540 inhabitants in 2010.
''Vartofta Hundred'', or ''Vartofta härad'', was a hundred divided between Småland and Västergötland
Västergö ...
References
External links
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Falköping Municipality- Official site
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Municipalities of Västra Götaland County
Skaraborg