Falköping Municipality () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in
Västra Götaland County
Västra Götaland County () 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 1,616,000 amounts to 17% of S ...
in western
Sweden
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. Its seat is located in the
town
A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city.
The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
of
Falköping.
The present municipality consists of more than 50 original local government units, joined 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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Ã…sarp
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Ã…sle
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Falköping (seat)
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Floby
Floby is a Urban areas in Sweden, 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 opene ...
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Gudhem
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Gökhem
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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 locality situated in Falköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 1,668 inhabitants in 2010.
Railways
The Western Main Line () runs through Stenstorp and regional passenger trains from Gothenburg and Jönk� ...
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Torbjörntorp
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Vartofta
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Falköping Municipality's electoral districts in the
2022 Swedish general election
General elections were held in Sweden on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag who in turn elected the Prime Minister of Sweden. Under the constitution, regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The pr ...
sourced from
SVT's election platform, in turn taken from
SCB official statistics.
In total there were 33,225 residents, including 24,879 Swedish citizens of voting age.
[ 45.2% voted for the left coalition and 53.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.
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References
External links
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Falköping Municipality
- Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Falkoping Municipality
Municipalities of Västra Götaland County