Lidköping Municipality
Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden
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Lidköping Municipality (Swedish: Lidköpings kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lidköping.
Lidköping Municipality
Lidköpings kommun | |
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Lidköping Railway Station | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 58°30′N 13°11′E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| County | Västra Götaland County |
| Seat | Lidköping |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,372.605625 km2 (529.965995 sq mi) |
| • Land | 695.605625 km2 (268.574833 sq mi) |
| • Water | 677 km2 (261 sq mi) |
| Area as of 1 January 2014. | |
| Population (30 June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 40,489 |
| • Density | 58.207/km2 (150.76/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | SE |
| Province | Västergötland |
| Municipal code | 1494 |
| Website | www.lidkoping.se |
Lidköping sometimes refers to itself as "Lidköping by Vänern", possibly to distinguish itself from the namewise (and historically) similar city of Linköping in eastern Sweden.
Geography
Lidköping Municipality is, together with its western neighbor Götene, located on the Läckö-Kinnekulla peninsula. There are several Vänern islands that belong to the municipality. One of them is Läckö, where the Läckö Castle is a notable sight.
Localities
Demographics
This is a demographic table based on Lidköping 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 40,403 residents, including 31,517 Swedish citizens of voting age.[3] 49.3 % voted for the left coalition and 49.5 % 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | ||||||||
| Dalängen | 2,047 | 1,477 | 57.5 | 40.9 | 80 | 79 | 21 | 26,421 | 43 |
| Framnäs | 1,743 | 1,356 | 57.4 | 40.5 | 72 | 71 | 29 | 21,445 | 32 |
| Fredriksdal | 1,771 | 1,388 | 51.1 | 47.4 | 76 | 70 | 30 | 22,875 | 28 |
| Gamla stadens C | 1,793 | 1,496 | 47.4 | 50.7 | 77 | 74 | 26 | 24,133 | 34 |
| Hovby-Majåker | 2,062 | 1,571 | 53.9 | 45.6 | 91 | 93 | 7 | 29,771 | 50 |
| Järpås | 1,326 | 1,027 | 42.1 | 57.3 | 80 | 90 | 10 | 25,426 | 23 |
| Lidåker-Ljunghed | 1,819 | 1,467 | 54.0 | 44.5 | 86 | 87 | 13 | 25,252 | 36 |
| Margretelund N | 1,813 | 1,346 | 49.9 | 47.5 | 67 | 61 | 39 | 20,152 | 24 |
| Margretelund S | 1,853 | 1,387 | 56.2 | 42.5 | 73 | 73 | 27 | 24,352 | 29 |
| Nya staden N | 1,779 | 1,482 | 53.9 | 45.1 | 79 | 83 | 17 | 24,443 | 41 |
| Nya staden S | 1,932 | 1,601 | 52.1 | 46.4 | 75 | 82 | 18 | 24,811 | 44 |
| Otterstad | 1,717 | 1,418 | 39.5 | 59.1 | 86 | 95 | 5 | 26,322 | 37 |
| Råda | 2,199 | 1,604 | 48.2 | 51.4 | 90 | 93 | 7 | 29,656 | 54 |
| Saleby-N Härene | 1,975 | 1,542 | 46.8 | 52.6 | 91 | 93 | 7 | 29,138 | 45 |
| Stenhammar | 2,196 | 1,650 | 45.8 | 53.6 | 90 | 95 | 5 | 31,474 | 57 |
| Sunnersberg | 1,975 | 1,468 | 46.8 | 52.6 | 91 | 93 | 7 | 29,138 | 45 |
| Tofta-Ulriksdal | 1,534 | 1,209 | 50.1 | 49.2 | 90 | 96 | 4 | 29,816 | 49 |
| Tun-Gillstad | 1,591 | 1,279 | 45.2 | 54.0 | 84 | 95 | 5 | 26,318 | 38 |
| Vinninga-Filsbäck | 2,121 | 1,641 | 46.0 | 52.8 | 87 | 93 | 7 | 27,933 | 37 |
| Wennerberg | 1,500 | 1,192 | 55.1 | 43.2 | 82 | 76 | 24 | 25,156 | 38 |
| Ågårdsområdet | 2,059 | 1,663 | 49.7 | 49.3 | 84 | 89 | 11 | 27,818 | 46 |
| Örslösa | 1,598 | 1,253 | 47.4 | 51.8 | 88 | 95 | 5 | 26,472 | 35 |
| Source: SVT[3] | |||||||||
Symbol
See also
- Köping (concept)
