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]
 • Total644.79 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 2021)[2]
 • Total26,133
 • Density41/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]

Residents include everyone registered as living in the district, regardless of age or citizenship status. Valid voters indicate Swedish citizens above the age of 18 who therefore can vote in general elections. Left vote and right vote indicate the result between the two major blocs in said district in the 2022 general election. Employment indicates the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers. Foreign background is defined as residents either born abroad or with two parents born outside of Sweden. Median income is the received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor. The section about college graduates indicates any degree accumulated after high school.

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.

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 i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "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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