Lidköping Municipality facts for kids
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Lidköping Municipality
Lidköpings kommun
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Lidköping Railway Station
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| Country | Sweden | |
| County | Västra Götaland County | |
| Seat | Lidköping | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 1,378.43 km2 (532.21 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 703.19 km2 (271.50 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 675.24 km2 (260.71 sq mi) | |
| Area as of January 1, 2010. | ||
| Population
(June 30, 2012)
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| • Total | 38,074 | |
| • Density | 27.6213/km2 (71.5388/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| ISO 3166 code | SE | |
| Province | Västergötland | |
| Municipal code | 1494 | |
| Website | www.lidkoping.se | |
Lidköping Municipality (Lidköpings kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lidköping.
Lidköping sometimes refers to itself as "Lidköping by Vänern", possibly to distinguish itself from the namewise (and historically) similar city of Linköping in eastern Sweden.
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Geography
Lidköping Municipality is, together with its western neighbor Götene, located on the Läckö-Kinnekulla peninsula. There are several Vänern islands that belong to the municipality. One of them is Läckö, where the Läckö Castle is a notable sight.
Localities
Population numbers of the towns and villages, from SCB, December 31 of noted year.
| Year | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lidköping | 24,679 | 24,885 | 24,960 | 24,941 | 25,644 |
| Vinninga | 1,079 | 1,060 | 1,054 | 1,064 | 1,078 |
| Järpås | 865 | 868 | 876 | 808 | 795 |
| Filsbäck | 656 | 656 | 652 | 647 | 615 |
| Örslösa | 308 | 305 | 310 | 298 | 307 |
| Saleby | 219 | 218 | 217 | 213 | 232 |
| Tun | 219 | 210 | 208 | 207 | 206 |
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Lidköping Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.
In total there were 40,403 residents, including 31,517 Swedish citizens of voting age. 49.3 % voted for the left coalition and 49.5 % 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 |
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| % | % | ||||||||
| Dalängen | 2,047 | 1,477 | 57.5 | 40.9 | 80 | 79 | 21 | 26,421 | 43 |
| Framnäs | 1,743 | 1,356 | 57.4 | 40.5 | 72 | 71 | 29 | 21,445 | 32 |
| Fredriksdal | 1,771 | 1,388 | 51.1 | 47.4 | 76 | 70 | 30 | 22,875 | 28 |
| Gamla stadens C | 1,793 | 1,496 | 47.4 | 50.7 | 77 | 74 | 26 | 24,133 | 34 |
| Hovby-Majåker | 2,062 | 1,571 | 53.9 | 45.6 | 91 | 93 | 7 | 29,771 | 50 |
| Järpås | 1,326 | 1,027 | 42.1 | 57.3 | 80 | 90 | 10 | 25,426 | 23 |
| Lidåker-Ljunghed | 1,819 | 1,467 | 54.0 | 44.5 | 86 | 87 | 13 | 25,252 | 36 |
| Margretelund N | 1,813 | 1,346 | 49.9 | 47.5 | 67 | 61 | 39 | 20,152 | 24 |
| Margretelund S | 1,853 | 1,387 | 56.2 | 42.5 | 73 | 73 | 27 | 24,352 | 29 |
| Nya staden N | 1,779 | 1,482 | 53.9 | 45.1 | 79 | 83 | 17 | 24,443 | 41 |
| Nya staden S | 1,932 | 1,601 | 52.1 | 46.4 | 75 | 82 | 18 | 24,811 | 44 |
| Otterstad | 1,717 | 1,418 | 39.5 | 59.1 | 86 | 95 | 5 | 26,322 | 37 |
| Råda | 2,199 | 1,604 | 48.2 | 51.4 | 90 | 93 | 7 | 29,656 | 54 |
| Saleby-N Härene | 1,975 | 1,542 | 46.8 | 52.6 | 91 | 93 | 7 | 29,138 | 45 |
| Stenhammar | 2,196 | 1,650 | 45.8 | 53.6 | 90 | 95 | 5 | 31,474 | 57 |
| Sunnersberg | 1,975 | 1,468 | 46.8 | 52.6 | 91 | 93 | 7 | 29,138 | 45 |
| Tofta-Ulriksdal | 1,534 | 1,209 | 50.1 | 49.2 | 90 | 96 | 4 | 29,816 | 49 |
| Tun-Gillstad | 1,591 | 1,279 | 45.2 | 54.0 | 84 | 95 | 5 | 26,318 | 38 |
| Vinninga-Filsbäck | 2,121 | 1,641 | 46.0 | 52.8 | 87 | 93 | 7 | 27,933 | 37 |
| Wennerberg | 1,500 | 1,192 | 55.1 | 43.2 | 82 | 76 | 24 | 25,156 | 38 |
| Ågårdsområdet | 2,059 | 1,663 | 49.7 | 49.3 | 84 | 89 | 11 | 27,818 | 46 |
| Örslösa | 1,598 | 1,253 | 47.4 | 51.8 | 88 | 95 | 5 | 26,472 | 35 |
| Source: SVT | |||||||||
Symbol
Lidköping is developing a profile plan to market itself as "Lidköping by Vänern" and to this end have established the use of a logo depicting its location by Vänern. This logo is used in all official contexts, and also on the road signs when entering Lidköping.
See also
In Spanish: Municipio de Lidköping para niños
