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Vingåker Municipality

Vingåkers kommun
Vingåker Railway Station
Vingåker Railway Station
Coat of arms of Vingåker Municipality
Coat of arms
Vingåker Municipality in Södermanland County.png
Country Sweden
County Södermanland County
Seat Vingåker
Area
 • Total 441.86 km2 (170.60 sq mi)
 • Land 372.47 km2 (143.81 sq mi)
 • Water 69.39 km2 (26.79 sq mi)
  Area as of January 1, 2010.
Population
 (June 30, 2012)
 • Total 8,905
 • Density 20.1534/km2 (52.197/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code SE
Province Södermanland
Municipal code 0428
Säfstaholm slott
Säfstaholm Castle with surroundings, 19th-century painting

Vingåker Municipality (Vingåkers kommun) is a municipality in Södermanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vingåker.

The municipality has its present size since the local government reform of 1971.

Geography

Vingåker is an inland municipality but in spite of this has mostly low elevation. The lowest point is the shoreline of Hjälmaren at 22 metres (72 ft) and the highest peak is at 116 metres (381 ft) near the Östergötland county line.

Localities (population)

Coat of arms

The creation of the arms has a peculiar and somewhat romantic story attached to it. It was the first arms created by a parish in the Södermanland province in 1941. It was inspired by a hop plant that some locals had seen on a farm. The left part of the arms, an oak tree, is the insignia for the historical Oppunda Hundred, stretching through the municipality.

Sights

The renowned Säfstaholm Castle (slott) was bought by the municipality in 1968. It is used for exhibitions and other cultural events.

Demographics

This is a demographic table based on Vingåker 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 9,058 residents, including 6,872 Swedish citizens of voting age. 46.0% voted for the left coalition and 53.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Elections

The following results are since the 1972 municipal reform onwards. The results of the Sweden Democrats were not published by the SCB between 1988 and 1998 due to the party's small national size, and therefore has been marked out as "0.0".

Riksdag

Year Turnout Votes V S MP C L KD M SD ND
1973 92.5 6,142 3.1 47.8 0.0 26.9 11.0 3.1 8.0 0.0 0.0
1976 93.5 6,492 2.6 46.8 0.0 28.6 10.3 2.2 9.4 0.0 0.0
1979 92.6 6,521 3.1 47.3 0.0 23.1 11.4 2.2 12.4 0.0 0.0
1982 93.5 6,620 3.3 51.0 1.8 20.2 6.8 2.7 14.2 0.0 0.0
1985 91.5 6,534 3.5 50.4 2.8 17.4 11.9 0.0 13.8 0.0 0.0
1988 87.9 6,287 4.1 50.7 6.3 14.5 10.2 3.2 10.7 0.0 0.0
1991 87.7 6,342 3.3 46.5 3.7 11.9 7.1 7.5 13.1 0.0 6.7
1994 89.6 6,389 4.7 52.4 8.9 9.7 4.7 3.8 15.1 0.0 0.5
1998 83.5 5,875 10.4 44.8 8.4 6.7 3.2 10.5 15.0 0.0 0.0
2002 82.2 5,598 4.9 52.9 5.0 7.4 8.6 8.2 11.0 0.7 0.0
2006 83.3 5,704 4.0 51.0 4.5 7.8 4.1 6.1 18.4 2.8 0.0
2010 85.9 5,841 4.1 41.5 6.5 6.8 4.1 4.7 24.1 7.3 0.0
2014 88.4 5,895 4.0 39.0 4.6 6.4 2.6 3.6 16.6 20.5 0.0

Blocs

This lists the relative strength of the socialist and centre-right blocs since 1973, but parties not elected to the Riksdag are inserted as "other", including the Sweden Democrats results from 1988 to 2006, but also the Christian Democrats pre-1991 and the Greens in 1982, 1985 and 1991. The sources are identical to the table above. The coalition or government mandate marked in bold formed the government after the election. New Democracy got elected in 1991 but are still listed as "other" due to the short lifespan of the party.

Year Turnout Votes Left Right SD Other Elected
1973 92.5 6,142 50.9 45.9 0.0 3.2 96.8
1976 93.5 6,492 49.4 48.3 0.0 1.7 98.3
1979 92.6 6,521 50.4 47.9 0.0 1.5 98.5
1982 93.5 6,620 54.3 41.2 0.0 4.8 95.2
1985 91.5 6,534 53.9 43.1 0.0 3.0 97.0
1988 87.9 6,287 61.1 35.4 0.0 3.5 96.5
1991 87.7 6,342 49.8 39.6 0.0 10.6 95.1
1994 89.6 6,389 66.0 33.3 0.0 0.7 99.3
1998 83.5 5,875 63.6 35.4 0.0 1.0 99.0
2002 82.2 5,598 62.8 34.2 0.0 3.0 97.0
2006 83.3 5,704 60.5 38.4 0.0 1.1 98.9
2010 85.9 5,841 52.1 39.7 7.3 0.9 99.1
2014 88.4 5,895 47.6 29.2 20.5 2.7 97.3

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Municipio de Vingåker para niños

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