Falköping Municipality

Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Falköping Municipality Falköpings kommun
Municipality
Falköping Town Hall
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 58°10′N 13°33′E / 58.167°N 13.550°E / 58.167; 13.550
Country	Sweden
County	Västra Götaland County
Seat	Falköping
Area ^[1]
• Total	1,065.78 km² (411.50 sq mi)
• Land	1,044.98 km² (403.47 sq mi)
• Water	20.8 km² (8.0 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	32,991
• Density	31/km² (80/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västergötland
Municipal code	1499
Website	www.falkoping.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Falköping Municipality (Falköpings kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Falköping.

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:

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Falköping 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 33,225 residents, including 24,879 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 45.2% voted for the left coalition and 53.2% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Bergsliden

1,636

1,157

48.1

49.4

21,435

Bestorp-Mösseberg

1,789

1,378

48.2

50.8

30,478

Centrum

2,667

2,080

46.8

51.9

25,939

Dotorp-Tåstorp

2,802

1,795

60.5

38.5

20,234

Floby

1,492

1,124

39.2

59.4

21,062

Fredriksberg

1,763

1,310

53.7

44.2

22,295

Gudhem-Broddetorp

1,933

1,462

42.0

56.5

27,246

Kinnarp-Slutarp

1,557

1,170

34.9

63.4

24,869

Kyrkerör

2,326

1,825

48.8

49.0

22,283

Odensberg

1,143

878

40.6

59.1

27,002

Ranten-Grönelund

1,793

1,276

53.2

43.5

19,809

Stenstorp

2,056

1,553

41.9

56.0

24,791

Stenstorpsbygden

1,385

1,102

39.1

60.2

27,814

S Bestorp-Ne Mösseberg

2,177

1,653

46.1

53.2

27,532

Vartofta

1,732

1,330

35.9

62.9

25,979

Vilhelmsberg-Åttagård

1,752

1,259

56.4

41.8

23,104

Vilske

1,361

1,080

36.1

62.5

25,200

Åsarp-Kättilstorp

1,861

1,447

34.0

63.7

24,621

Source: SVT^[3]

References

^ "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.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Falköping i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2024.