Köping Municipality

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Köping Municipality
Köpings kommun
Municipality
Köping Town Hall
Köping Town Hall
Flag of Köping Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Köping Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°31′N 15°59′E / 59.517°N 15.983°E / 59.517; 15.983
CountrySweden
CountyVästmanland County
SeatKöping
Area
[1]
 • Total
644.79 km2 (248.95 sq mi)
 • Land604.55 km2 (233.42 sq mi)
 • Water40.24 km2 (15.54 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2024)[2]
 • Total
25,729
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVästmanland
Municipal code1983
Websitewww.koping.se

Köping Municipality (Swedish: Köpings kommun) is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Köping.

The municipality was created in 1971, when the former City of Köping was merged with the municipalities of Kolsva, Medåker and Munktorp forming a new municipality of unitary type.

Localities

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Köping 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 26,115 residents, including 19,584 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 46.0% voted for the left coalition and 53.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Riksdag elections

Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
1973[4] 90.5 16,091 5.3 54.1 23.6 6.7 2.2 7.3 59.5 37.5
1976[5] 91.7 16,913 4.0 53.5 23.1 8.2 1.8 8.8 57.5 40.2
1979[6] 90.3 16,811 5.6 54.3 17.5 8.3 1.6 12.0 59.8 37.8
1982[7] 91.6 17,217 5.8 56.5 1.2 15.1 4.7 1.9 14.5 62.4 34.3
1985[8] 88.7 16,986 6.0 55.1 1.2 12.3 10.5 13.0 61.1 35.8
1988[9] 84.4 16,156 6.9 52.5 4.8 10.7 9.9 2.6 10.8 64.2 31.4
1991[10] 84.9 16,164 5.5 48.5 2.7 8.1 7.5 6.7 14.7 5.9 54.1 37.0
1994[11] 86.0 16,328 8.5 54.1 5.4 8.9 6.0 2.8 15.4 0.9 66.5 31.1
1998[12] 79.3 14,575 16.2 44.1 3.5 5.6 3.2 9.6 16.0 63.8 34.4
2002[13] 77.3 14,046 9.9 48.8 3.3 7.0 10.3 6.8 11.0 0.9 62.0 35.1
2006[14] 78.9 14,556 6.6 45.1 3.3 8.6 5.6 5.0 19.9 3.4 55.1 39.1
2010[15] 82.6 15,546 6.8 41.0 5.1 6.4 5.4 3.9 23.5 7.0 52.8 39.1
2014[16] 83.9 15,938 5.6 40.7 4.0 6.0 3.7 3.1 17.4 17.4 50.2 30.3
2018[17] 85.9 16,390 6.4 34.6 2.3 6.7 3.3 5.9 15.6 23.9 50.0 48.8

See also

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2024" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 21, 2025. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Köping i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  5. ^ "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  6. ^ "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  7. ^ "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  8. ^ "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  9. ^ "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  10. ^ "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  11. ^ "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  12. ^ "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  13. ^ "Köping - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  14. ^ "Köping - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  15. ^ "Köping - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  16. ^ "Köping - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  17. ^ "Köping - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
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