Falun Municipality

Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden

Falun Municipality Falu kommun
Municipality
Falun Town Hall
Coat of arms

Coordinates: 60°36′N 15°38′E / 60.600°N 15.633°E / 60.600; 15.633
Country	Sweden
County	Dalarna County
Seat	Falun
Area ^[1]
• Total	2,275.17 km² (878.45 sq mi)
• Land	2,040.13 km² (787.70 sq mi)
• Water	235.04 km² (90.75 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	59,986
• Density	26/km² (68/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Dalarna
Municipal code	2080
Website	www.falun.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Falun Municipality (Falu kommun) is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Falun. Falun is the second biggest city and provincial capital of Dalarna County. Falun was originally famous for its copper mine.

The present municipality was formed at the time of the local government reform of 1971, when the City of Falun and six surrounding rural municipalities were amalgamated.

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Falun 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 59,762 residents, including 46,002 Swedish citizens of voting age.^[3] 51.8% voted for the left coalition and 46.7% for the right coalition.

Location

Residents

Citizen
adults

Left vote

Right vote

Employed

Swedish
parents

Foreign
heritage

Income
SEK

Degree

Aspeboda

1,504

1,138

45.4

53.3

29,773

Bjursås V

1,639

1,251

41.6

56.8

25,712

Bjursås Ö

2,032

1,604

47.8

51.0

24,691

Boda-Toftbyn

1,453

1,144

41.4

57.4

26,905

Bojsenburg

2,071

1,354

58.6

37.5

18,041

Borgärdet-Lumsheden

1,949

1,528

43.6

55.6

23,031

Britsarvet

1,270

1,104

60.4

38.5

25,453

Danholn-Karlsbyheden

1,400

1,079

50.1

49.3

25,936

Elsborg

1,654

1,172

62.6

35.8

22,560

Enviken

1,634

1,312

38.9

60.0

25,108

Gruvan

2,129

1,661

54.9

44.1

30,067

Gruvriset

2,232

1,468

49.6

49.0

29,376

Grycksbo

1,922

1,488

53.0

45.8

25,077

Haraldsbo

1,178

879

52.5

44.3

26,236

Herrhagen

1,738

1,329

57.1

38.8

19,082

Hosjö Näs

1,829

1,377

51.1

47.9

28,084

Hosjö Sandviken

1,415

1,114

47.2

51.3

27,558

Hyttgården

1,615

1,394

49.7

48.7

27,108

Hälsingberg

1,948

1,372

56.4

42.0

25,418

Hälsinggården

1,215

949

53.9

45.1

28,730

Karlberg

1,416

1,043

57.6

40.3

22,444

Kristine

1,076

1,063

51.6

46.8

27,776

Kvarnberget-Ö Främby

2,065

1,585

58.1

40.5

24,833

Kyrkbacken

1,450

1,172

58.1

40.1

30,861

Källviken-V Främby

1,608

1,189

49.3

49.9

29,334

Kämparvet

1,399

1,242

55.0

43.0

23,106

Linghed

906

681

33.4

64.8

24,906

Lugnet

1,444

1,136

57.1

41.6

31,068

Nedre Norslund

1,597

1,120

58.6

38.3

19,807

Pilbo-Samuelsdal

1,525

1,114

51.7

47.1

31,448

Slätta

1,194

827

61.9

37.5

30,111

Stenslund

1,632

1,182

56.3

42.9

33,764

Sundbornsbyn

1,481

1,146

47.1

52.1

27,608

Varpan

1,468

1,165

48.6

50.2

31,972

Vika

1,821

1,413

42.8

56.3

28,185

Ångbryggeriet

1,179

1,013

52.2

46.5

26,453

Östanfors

1,142

946

58.2

40.8

29,254

Övre Norslund

1,532

1,248

60.5

38.0

26,319

Source: SVT^[3]

Riksdag elections

Year	%	Votes	V	S	MP	C	L	KD	M	SD	NyD	Left	Right
1973^[4]	89.2	30,135	3.8	40.1		32.1	9.3	1.6	12.7			43.9	54.1
1976^[5]	90.8	32,507	3.8	38.0		30.8	11.7	1.1	14.2			41.8	56.7
1979^[6]	89.1	33,105	4.9	38.7		24.4	10.3	1.2	20.0			43.6	54.7
1982^[7]	90.2	34,386	4.5	41.9	2.3	19.3	6.1	1.7	24.1			46.4	49.5
1985^[8]	88.4	34,444	4.4	40.8	1.7	14.9	15.9		22.1			45.2	52.8
1988^[9]	83.7	32,920	5.2	39.4	6.1	13.3	14.3	3.3	18.1			50.8	45.7
1991^[10]	84.6	33,704	3.8	34.2	3.9	10.3	9.9	7.4	21.9		6.7	37.9	49.6
1994^[11]	85.5	34,446	6.0	41.5	7.0	9.6	8.5	4.2	21.5		0.9	54.4	43.8
1998^[12]	81.1	32,490	12.4	33.2	5.8	5.3	4.6	12.6	22.2			51.4	44.8
2002^[13]	79.2	32,593	8.6	38.4	5.6	8.4	12.5	7.5	15.3	1.1		52.6	43.7
2006^[14]	82.2	34,442	5.9	33.8	6.1	10.5	6.3	5.9	25.5	2.5		45.8	48.2
2010^[15]	85.4	36,559	5.5	31.5	8.1	8.1	5.7	5.0	28.9	5.5		45.1	47.6
2014^[16]	87.4	38,251	5.9	30.2	7.2	8.0	4.5	3.8	23.2	12.8		43.3	39.5
2018^[17]	88.8	39,461	8.2	28.0	4.9	11.8	4.6	6.0	19.7	15.3		52.9	45.6

Local politics

The Falu Party is a party with local interests.

Sister cities

The following places have sister cities agreements with Falun:

Falun also has two cooperation towns without formal sistering treaty:

Kimberley, South Africa
Pskov, Russia

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 Falun i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
^ "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Falun - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Falun - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Falun - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Falun - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Falun - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.