Lidköping Municipality

Lidköping Municipality

*Lidköpings kommun*
Lidköping Municipality Lidköpings kommun
Municipality
	Lidköping Railway Station
	Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 58°30′N 13°11′E / 58.500°N 13.183°ECoordinates: 58°30′N 13°11′E / 58.500°N 13.183°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 (31 December 2019)
• Total	40,089
• Density	29/km2 (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 Municipality (Lidköpings kommun) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lidköping.

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.

Year	2002	2003	2004	2005	2010
Lidköping	24,679	24,885	24,960	24,941	25,644
Vinninga	1,079	1,060	1,054	1,064	1,078
Järpås	865	868	876	808	795
Filsbäck	656	656	652	647	615
Örslösa	308	305	310	298	307
Saleby	219	218	217	213	232
Tun	219	210	208	207	206

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.

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 i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.

External links[]

Lidköping Municipality - Official site
Läckö Kinnekulle - The "Götene-Lidköping Vänern" tourism company
(in Swedish) Article Lidköping - From Nordisk Familjebok (vol. 16, 1912)
(in Swedish) Lidköping describes its symbol and its uses. In Swedish only.

[SCB_2014-01-01-1] "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.

[SCB_2019-12-31-2] "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2019" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 20, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2020.

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v t Municipalities and seats of Västra Götaland County
Municipalities	Ale Alingsås Åmål Bengtsfors Bollebygd Borås Dals-Ed Essunga Falköping Färgelanda Götene Gothenburg Grästorp Gullspång Härryda Herrljunga Hjo Karlsborg Kungälv Lerum Lidköping Lilla Edet Lysekil Mariestad Mark Mellerud Mölndal Munkedal Öckerö Orust Partille Skara Skövde Sotenäs Stenungsund Strömstad Svenljunga Tanum Tibro Tidaholm Tjörn Töreboda Tranemo Trollh��ttan Uddevalla Ulricehamn Vänersborg Vara Vårgårda
Municipal seats	Alingsås Åmål Bengtsfors Bollebygd Borås Ed Falköping Färgelanda Götene Gothenburg Grästorp Gullspång and Hova Henån Herrljunga Hjo Karlsborg Kinna Kungälv Kungshamn Lerum Lidköping Lilla Edet Lysekil Mariestad Mellerud Mölndal Mölnlycke Munkedal Nödinge-Nol Nossebro Öckerö Partille Skara Skärhamn Skövde Stenungsund Strömstad Svenljunga Tanumshede Tibro Tidaholm Töreboda Tranemo Trollhättan Uddevalla Ulricehamn Vänersborg Vara Vårgårda
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