Falun Municipality
Falu kommun
Municipality
Falun Town Hall
Falun Town Hall
Coat of arms of Falun Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 60°36′N 15°38′E / 60.600°N 15.633°E / 60.600; 15.633
CountrySweden
CountyDalarna County
SeatFalun
Area
[1]
 • Total2,275.17 km2 (878.45 sq mi)
 • Land2,040.13 km2 (787.70 sq mi)
 • Water235.04 km2 (90.75 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2021)[2]
 • Total59,837
 • Density26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceDalarna
Municipal code2080
Websitewww.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

Riksdag elections

Year % Votes V S MP C L KD M SD NyD Left Right
1973[3] 89.2 30,135 3.8 40.1 32.1 9.3 1.6 12.7 43.9 54.1
1976[4] 90.8 32,507 3.8 38.0 30.8 11.7 1.1 14.2 41.8 56.7
1979[5] 89.1 33,105 4.9 38.7 24.4 10.3 1.2 20.0 43.6 54.7
1982[6] 90.2 34,386 4.5 41.9 2.3 19.3 6.1 1.7 24.1 46.4 49.5
1985[7] 88.4 34,444 4.4 40.8 1.7 14.9 15.9 22.1 45.2 52.8
1988[8] 83.7 32,920 5.2 39.4 6.1 13.3 14.3 3.3 18.1 50.8 45.7
1991[9] 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[10] 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[11] 81.1 32,490 12.4 33.2 5.8 5.3 4.6 12.6 22.2 51.4 44.8
2002[12] 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[13] 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[14] 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[15] 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[16] 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:

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 i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  4. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  5. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  6. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  7. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  8. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  9. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  10. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  11. ↑ "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
  12. ↑ "Falun - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  13. ↑ "Falun - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  14. ↑ "Falun - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  15. ↑ "Falun - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
  16. ↑ "Falun - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
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