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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 Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
. 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: * Åsarp * Åsle * Falköping (seat) *
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 ...
* Gudhem * Gökhem * Kinnarp * Kättilstorp * Luttra * Odensberg *
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� ...
* Torbjörntorp * 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.


References


External links

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Falköping Municipality
- Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Falkoping Municipality Municipalities of Västra Götaland County