Lidköping Municipality

Lidköping Municipality (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
Municipality
Lidköping Railway Station
Lidköping Railway Station
Coat of arms of Lidköping Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 58°30′N 13°11′E
CountrySweden
CountyVästra Götaland County
SeatLidköping
Area
[1]
 • Total1,372.605625 km2 (529.965995 sq mi)
 • Land695.605625 km2 (268.574833 sq mi)
 • Water677 km2 (261 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2021)[2]
 • Total40,460
 • Density29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVästergötland
Municipal code1494
Websitewww.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
Läckö Castle

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.

Demographics

Population numbers of the towns and villages, from SCB, December 31 of noted year.

Year20022003200420052010
Lidköping24,67924,88524,96024,94125,644
Vinninga1,0791,0601,0541,0641,078
Järpås865868876808795
Filsbäck656656652647615
Örslösa308305310298307
Saleby219218217213232
Tun219210208207206

Symbol

Lidköping is developing a profile plan to market itself as "Lidköping by Vänern" and to this end have established the use of a logo depicting its location by Vänern. This logo is used in all official contexts, and also on the road signs when entering Lidköping.

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.
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