Köping Municipality

Köping Municipality Köpings kommun
Municipality
Köping Town Hall
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 59°31′N 15°59′E
Country	Sweden
County	Västmanland County
Seat	Köping
Area [1]
• Total	644.79 km^2 (248.95 sq mi)
• Land	604.55 km^2 (233.42 sq mi)
• Water	40.24 km^2 (15.54 sq mi)
	Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population  (31 December 2023)[2]
• Total	25,978
• Density	40/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SE
Province	Västmanland
Municipal code	1983
Website	www.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

• Kolsva
• Munktorp
• Köping (seat)

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]

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. 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
			%	%
Byjorden-Odensvi	2,240	1,712	43.3	54.6	73	71	29	22,353	25
Elund-Ållesta	2,134	1,603	40.2	59.6	89	85	15	30,421	39
Hästhagen	2,008	1,560	40.7	58.0	89	83	17	29,045	39
Karlberg	1,852	1,417	41.4	57.5	74	74	26	25,384	29
Karlsdal	1,859	1,460	49.8	49.0	73	63	37	22,020	27
Kolsva V	1,933	1,521	42.8	55.8	78	82	18	23,332	30
Kolsva Ö	1,601	1,177	39.6	59.7	79	78	22	24,366	24
Munktorp	1,821	1,431	42.4	56.9	88	91	9	28,198	35
Nyckelberget	1,955	1,431	47.9	51.2	75	64	36	23,605	36
Nygård-Skogsbrynet	1,851	1,004	73.8	24.7	56	27	73	15,334	14
Skogsborg	1,682	1,247	49.5	49.4	75	59	41	22,569	29
Tunadal	1,826	1,426	53.1	45.8	67	65	35	18,458	25
Ullvi	1,450	1,139	45.2	54.4	87	68	32	28,750	33
Östanås	1,903	1,456	47.0	52.2	81	74	26	24,463	30
Source: SVT[3]

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

• Köping (concept)

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 och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
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.

External links

• Köping Municipality – Official site
• Article Köping - From Nordisk familjebok