Köping Municipality

Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden

Köping Municipality Köpings kommun
Municipality
Köping Town Hall
Flag Coat of arms

Coordinates: 59°31′N 15°59′E / 59.517°N 15.983°E / 59.517; 15.983
Country	Sweden
County	Västmanland County
Seat	Köping
Area ^[1]
• 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 (31 December 2023)^[2]
• Total	25,978
• Density	40/km² (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

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

22,353

Elund-Ållesta

2,134

1,603

40.2

59.6

30,421

Hästhagen

2,008

1,560

40.7

58.0

29,045

Karlberg

1,852

1,417

41.4

57.5

25,384

Karlsdal

1,859

1,460

49.8

49.0

22,020

Kolsva V

1,933

1,521

42.8

55.8

23,332

Kolsva Ö

1,601

1,177

39.6

59.7

24,366

Munktorp

1,821

1,431

42.4

56.9

28,198

Nyckelberget

1,955

1,431

47.9

51.2

23,605

Nygård-Skogsbrynet

1,851

1,004

73.8

24.7

15,334

Skogsborg

1,682

1,247

49.5

49.4

22,569

Tunadal

1,826

1,426

53.1

45.8

18,458

Ullvi

1,450

1,139

45.2

54.4

28,750

Östanås

1,903

1,456

47.0

52.2

24,463

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

References

^ "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.
^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Valresultat 2022 för Köping i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ "Allmänna valen 1973" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1976" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1979" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1982" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1985" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1988" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1991" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1994" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Allmänna valen 1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). SCB.
^ "Köping - summering" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Köping - Allmänna val 17 september 2006" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Köping - Röster Val 2010" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Köping - Röster Val 2014" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.
^ "Köping - Röster Val 2018" (in Swedish). Valmyndigheten.