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Falköping Municipality

Falköpings kommun

Falköping Town Hall

Falköping Town Hall

Coat of arms of Falköping Municipality

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 58°10′N 13°33′E / 58.167°N 13.550°E
CountrySweden
CountyVästra Götaland County
SeatFalköping
Area

• Total

1,065.78 km2 (411.50 sq mi)
 • Land1,044.98 km2 (403.47 sq mi)
 • Water20.8 km2 (8.0 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population

 (31 December 2024)[2]

• Total

32,806
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVästergötland
Municipal code1499
Websitewww.falkoping.se
Density is calculated using land area only.

Falköping Municipality (Falköpings kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Falköping.

The present municipality consists of more than 50 original local government units, joined together in two structural reforms carried out in 1952, when the number was reduced to eight, and during the period 1971–1974. In 1971 the former Town of Falköping was made a unitary municipality and three years later amalgamated with the surrounding municipalities.

The population centres in the municipality include:

This is a demographic table based on Falköping 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 33,225 residents, including 24,879 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 45.2% voted for the left coalition and 53.2% 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
% %
Bergsliden 1,636 1,157 48.1 49.4 73 69 31 21,435 33
Bestorp-Mösseberg 1,789 1,378 48.2 50.8 88 92 8 30,478 49
Centrum 2,667 2,080 46.8 51.9 82 82 18 25,939 34
Dotorp-Tåstorp 2,802 1,795 60.5 38.5 67 54 46 20,234 31
Floby 1,492 1,124 39.2 59.4 71 84 16 21,062 20
Fredriksberg 1,763 1,310 53.7 44.2 69 62 38 22,295 33
Gudhem-Broddetorp 1,933 1,462 42.0 56.5 87 93 7 27,246 36
Kinnarp-Slutarp 1,557 1,170 34.9 63.4 89 91 9 24,869 25
Kyrkerör 2,326 1,825 48.8 49.0 75 75 25 22,283 31
Odensberg 1,143 878 40.6 59.1 89 96 4 27,002 30
Ranten-Grönelund 1,793 1,276 53.2 43.5 67 56 44 19,809 27
Stenstorp 2,056 1,553 41.9 56.0 80 84 16 24,791 35
Stenstorpsbygden 1,385 1,102 39.1 60.2 89 94 6 27,814 34
S Bestorp-Ne Mösseberg 2,177 1,653 46.1 53.2 82 90 10 27,532 43
Vartofta 1,732 1,330 35.9 62.9 86 94 6 25,979 30
Vilhelmsberg-Åttagård 1,752 1,259 56.4 41.8 75 61 39 23,104 29
Vilske 1,361 1,080 36.1 62.5 84 93 7 25,200 26
Åsarp-Kättilstorp 1,861 1,447 34.0 63.7 83 91 9 24,621 28
Source: SVT[3]
  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 Falköping i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2024.