Filipstad Municipality

Filipstad Municipality (Filipstads kommun) is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Filipstad.

Filipstad Municipality
Filipstads kommun
Coat of arms of Filipstad Municipality
Coordinates: 59°43′N 14°10′E
CountrySweden
CountyVärmland County
SeatFilipstad
Area
  Total1,711.71 km2 (660.89 sq mi)
  Land1,534.03 km2 (592.29 sq mi)
  Water177.68 km2 (68.60 sq mi)
 Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population
 (31 December 2021)[2]
  Total10,403
  Density6.1/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeSE
ProvinceVärmland and Dalarna
Municipal code1782
Websitewww.filipstad.se

The present municipality was created in 1971 when the City of Filipstad was merged with the rural municipalities of Kroppa, Rämmen and Värmlandsberg.

Localities

With at least 200 inhabitants:

Demographics

2022

This is a demographic table based on Filipstad Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[3]

Residents include everyone registered as living in the district, regardless of age or citizenship status.[3] Valid voters indicate Swedish citizens above the age of 18 who therefore can vote in general elections.[3] Left vote and right vote indicate the result between the two major blocs in said district in the 2022 general election. Employment indicates the share of people between the ages of 20 and 64 who are working taxpayers.[3] Foreign background denotes residents either born abroad or with two parents born outside of Sweden.[3] Median income is the received monthly income through either employment, capital gains or social grants for the median adult above 20, also including pensioners in Swedish kronor.[3] College graduates indicates any degree accumulated after high school.[3]

In total there were 10,387 residents with 7,763 Swedish citizen adults eligible to vote.[3] The political demographics were 46.5 % for the left bloc and 52.3 % for the right bloc.[3] Filipstad is generally a low-income municipality, with low attainment of college degrees and about 22 % were of foreign background.[3]

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.
  3. "Valresultat 2022 för Filipstad i riksdagsvalet". SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
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