Köping Municipality
Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden
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Köping Municipality (Swedish: Köpings kommun) is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Köping.
Köping Municipality
Köpings kommun | |
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Köping Town Hall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 59°31′N 15°59′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Västmanland County |
| Seat | Köping |
| Area | |
• Total | 644.79 km2 (248.95 sq mi) |
| • Land | 604.55 km2 (233.42 sq mi) |
| • Water | 40.24 km2 (15.54 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 25,662 |
| • Density | 42.448/km2 (109.94/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 |
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]
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)
