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 | |
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![]() Lidköping Railway Station | |
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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 (31 December 2021)[2] | |
• Total | 40,460 |
• 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 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.
Demographics
Population numbers of the towns and villages, from SCB, December 31 of noted year.
Year | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2010 |
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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.
See also
- Köping (concept)
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 2021" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
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) Lidköpings kommun profilprogram.pdf Lidköping describes its symbol and its uses. In Swedish only.